Foumbi

Badriya al-Badri

Saqi
Language: Arabic
1. Edition
paperback, pages
ISBN 9786140322448
Availability: next-day delivery
28.00 € 

longlist International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2024.

Foumbi is set in Congo under Belgian colonial rule between the late 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. According to African legend, the white man is a “foumbi”, a spirit or ghost, fleeing from the grasp of Satan after stealing the ghost’s colour.