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The Masters of the Soil
Culture · Thursday, November 19 · 20:00 · Paris
Centre culturel canadien à Paris, 130 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré
Free
The Canadian Cultural Centre invites you to a meeting with Canadian author Ryad Assani-Razaki on the occasion of the French publication of the novel The Masters of the Soil, published by Liana Levi. An ambitious and roman-like epic, The Masters of the Soil portrays a facet of African history that is as fascinating as it is little known. It is only a small fishing village on the Gulf of Guinea, at the end of the 15th century. Yet the Portuguese chose it to join sub-Saharan Africa and settle there. The villagers’ astonishment is...
