Lake Tanganyika has been overfished and eventually the fishery closes down this marks the beginning of Dzonzi’s spiritual and existential quest. He is content with his life until he loses his job at the fishery. In Fishing Lake Tanganyika by Clive Tern our hero is Dzonzi Nbelou, a man who works at a fishery and takes good care of his family and even his extended family who live in a distant impoverished village in Zambia. Joseph Campbell said that every culture has a hero quest story. You might not be surprised by the who of this who done it, but what happens to the who will wow you. Buis’ imagery is fresh and her words punch like boxer’s jabs. The sleuth is a Black Seminole with spirit talking capabilities, but the “lion-man cult” takes this mystic on a safari behind the veil and beyond the mythic landscape of her native Florida. Buis’ Death in Nairobi we get a detective story in present day Kenya where the occult and post-colonial Western arrogance clash from the Serengeti bush to the fetid slums of Nairobi. Afromyth is a unique collection of shorts that take ancient African myths and transport their narratives, tropes, and archetypes to places imagined and reimagined.
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