What is Africa's own "heart of darkness"? It is what confronts
Ayane when, after three years abroad, she returns to the Central
African village of her birth. Now an "outsider" with foreign ways
distrusted by her fellow villagers, she must face alone the customs
and superstitions that bind this clan of men and women. When
invading militia organize a horrific ceremony that they claim will
help reunite Africa, Ayane is forced to confront the monstrosity of
the act that follows, as well as the responsibility that all the
villagers must bear for silently accepting evil done in their name.
Through Ayane's unwilling witness, Leonora Miano probes the themes
of submission and responsibility and questions the role of Africans
in the suffering of their fellows. Also exploring African identity,
"Dark Heart of the Night" is a profoundly disturbing novel in its
evocation of the darkest side of people driven by their instinct to
survive.
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