Au nom du peuple

Dans la mémoire collective des Guinéens, Matakan est resté synonyme de Naby Yoro, le géant qui laissa l'empreinte de ses pas sur les rochers de l'île de Matakan. Dans ce recueil il est aussi question de djins, du Wagadou Bida et de bien d'autres mythes.

Tidjani Alou's writing sketches the commonplace and the metaphysical, with heft, honesty, and audacity. The range is compelling, as she takes us through lives in places as diverse as Accra and Niamey. The prose is deft, her metaphors sting with accuracy. This is a writer to think and feel with." - Emmanuel Iduma, editor, Saraba Magazine. In fifteen formidable lyrical prose, Tina Shot Me Between the Eyes explores how the self is shaped and transformed by the knots we yearn to tie around ourselves: familial, spousal, parental, and societal. It tackles how we struggle in relationships for nourishment and fulfilment, and how connections could kill us and how we could kill to survive - a potent force for understanding humanity and the nuances of acts of violence, tolerance, faith and love.