Alain Mabanckou

novelist and poet

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Congolese novelist and poet; Professor of French and African Literature at the University of California, Los Angeles

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Letter to Jimmy is Congolese author Alain Mabanckou’s book-length letter to James Baldwin.

Alain Mabanckou: Letter to Jimmy

Letter to Jimmy is Congolese author Alain Mabanckou’s book-length letter to James Baldwin.

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