There was a problem with your download, please contact the server administrator. Translated by Johanna McCalmont. At age 16, Dipita's mother, Mbila, arrived in Switzerland from Cameroon.
Trafficked into Europe, she supported herself and her son as a prostitute in Geneva. Dipita, now a young, black, gay man serving a five-year sentence in a Swiss prison, shares their story and his own search for purpose.
Originally published in French, it won the Prix du Roman des Romands in Max Lobe's 39 Berne Street vividly describes the unforgivable actions visited by family members upon family members in desperate bids for survival and contentment in the midst of Dipita's struggle toward forgiveness and acceptance. In , he received the Ahmadou Kourouma Prize for his novel Confidences about the Cameroon war of independence.
He currently lives in Geneva where he founded GenevAfrica , an association that builds bridges between Swiss and African authors. Preparing your PDF for download Description Authors "My mother says that there are things in life that she can't forgive.
