The five sorrowful mysteries of Andy Africa : a novel / Stephen Buoro.
| Author/creator | Buoro, Stephen author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | [Hardcover edition]. |
| Publication | New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023. |
| Description | 313 pages ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | 5 sorrowful mysteries of Andy Africa. |
| Abstract | Andrew Aziza is an unusually smart fifteen-year-old in Kontagora, Nigeria. He lives with his fiercely protective mother, Gloria, and fantasizes obsessively about white girls-especially blondes. When he's not in church, at school, or hanging about town with his droogs wishing to become one of "Africa's first superheroes," he's contemplating the larger questions with his teacher Zahrah and his equally brilliant friend Fatima, a Hausa-Fulani girl who has feelings for him. Together they discuss mathematical theorems, Black power, and what Andy has deemed the Curse of Africa. Sure enough, the reluctantly nicknamed Andy Africa soon falls hopelessly and inappropriately in love with the first white girl he lays eyes on: Eileen. But at the church party held to celebrate her arrival, multiple crises loom. An unfamiliar man there claims, despite Andy's mother's denials, to be Andy's father, and an anti-Christian mob has gathered, headed for the church. In the ensuing havoc and its aftermath, Andy is forced to reckon with his identity and desires and determine how to live on the so-called Cursed Continent. |
| General note | "First published in 2022 in Great Britain"--Title page verso. |
| Genre/form | Bildungsromans. |
| Genre/form | Fiction. |
| Genre/form | Novels. |
| Genre/form | Bildungsromans. |
| Genre/form | Novels. |
| ISBN | 9781635577778 |
| ISBN | 1635577772 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | Ronnie Barnes African American Collection | PR6102.U63 F58 2023 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |