Pages: 126
Year: 2018
Category: Humour & Satire, Literature, Politics & Espionage, Short Stories
Dimensions: 229 x 152mm
The Republic of Monkeys
How can poverty be erradicated? How can Africa be industrialised?
How can corruption be fought? How armed conflicts be settled? Why are so
many Africans maladjusted once back from western universities? How can
religious fundamentalism and fanaticism be contained? Do we really fight
xenophobia and tribalism? How deeply do we comprehend the principles of
the social contract? How do we hold back and eradicate pandemic
diseases? How do we contain bad citizenship and insecurity? The sole aim
of these short stories is to point out some of the daily behaviours Africans
should rid ourselves of in the process of building better functioning
societies.
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About the author
Jean-François Kouadio was born in Ivory Coast where he was educated in
public law. Polyglot, he speaks seven languages (Baoulé, Dioula, Agni,
Bambara – found in West Africa – as well as French, English and Spanish)
and has travelled extensively in Africa; mainly in Ghana, Burkina Faso,
Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Tanzania,
Mozambique, Madagascar and South Africa. He is currently a divisional
purchasing and marketing manager for a leading South African retailer.
This collection is a fictionalised account of his field experience.