Пепетела — книжные серии

В десятый выпуск панорамы включены четыре повести: ангольского писателя Пепетелы "Собака и жители Луанды" с ее легкой наклонностью к сарказму и гротеску, алжирского писателя Рашида Буджедры "Упрямая улитка" - необыкновенно острое произведение, глубокий анализ души современного мещанина, малийского писателя Диабате "Цирюльник из Куты", сочная зарисовка местных нравов, и кенийского писателя Дэвида Мулвы "Хозяин и его слуга" - о пути молодого кенийца. Публикуются также стихи поэтов из Мозамбика, ЮАР, Маврикия, статьи советских африканистов И.Никифоровой и Е.Ряузовой, сказки и другие материалы.

Whilst Pepetela's novel is set during the 1980s the novel begins 300 years earlier when a slave was beheaded for having relations with his master's daughter. This novel is a scathing critique of the Angolan ruling elite and their fall from socialist grace.

Pepetela's novel is a fascinating study of the tensions produced by racism, tribalism, and sexual morals.

"Yaka" gives a panoramic view of the events that shaped Angola from 1890 through the next century as reflected in the life of the Semedo family. From the nineteenth century penal colony, through slavery, African uprisings, and land expropriation, "Yaka" charts the formation of a nation. Alexandre Semedo's father, convicted of murder, is transported from Portugal to Angola at the turn of the century. As time passes, the Semedo family becomes increasingly intertwined with Black Angola. Alexandre begins to see why the enigmatic Yaka statue, which he inherited from his father, is a symbol for his country.