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The Slaughterhouse of Dreams: Kasala for My Kaku

By Fiston Mwanza Mujila, J. Bret Maney (Translator), Antoine Wauters
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By Fiston Mwanza Mujila, J. Bret Maney (Translator), Antoine Wauters
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A new poetic form from National Book Award finalist Fiston Mwanza Mujila, lauded author of novels Tram 83 and The Villain's Dance and poetry collection The River in the Belly.

The Slaughterhouse of Dreams is rooted in a traditional Congolese form of praise poem, the kasala, that ties together proverbs, origin stories, fables, and riddles into a recitation accompanied by music. In Mwanza Mujila’s skilled hands, this oral tradition becomes a new multimedia form, set to the page while retainin...

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PoetryGeneral & Miscellaneous PoetryAfrican Poetry