Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote

During a six-night purification ceremony, the entire story of General Koyaga, “president” of the Gulf Republic, is revealed. To the account of this life, narrated by the hunters’ griot and his jester, is added the story of the dictator’s close relatives: his mother, Nadjouma, who holds her powers from a meteorite and shares them with her son, and the marabout in service to the tyrant, who protects his master from plots hatched to overthrow him. Playing on traditions, myths, and small ancestral practices linked to magic, the despot established his power over the entire country and built his own legend, but with hands covered in blood… A fantastic tale, a historical and political chronicle, this novel is a fierce and humorous portrait of today’s Africa.