My Kingdom for a Guitar - (Global African Voices) by Kidi Bebey (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p><i>My Kingdom for a Guitar </i>is a novel based on the life of Cameroonian-born writer and musician Francis Bebey.</p><p>Narrated by Bebey's daughter, Kidi.</p><p>IUP's Global African Voices usually sell well.</p></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><i>My Kingdom for a Guitar </i>is a novel based on the remarkable life of Cameroonian-born writer and musician Francis Bebey. Born in Douala, Cameroon, Bebey studied in Paris and New York. He found fame when his first novel, <i>Le Fils d'Agatha Moudio</i> (<i>Agatha Moudio's Son</i>), was published in 1967, and that fame continued to grow with the release of his first album in 1969. He would go on to become one of the best-known singer-songwriters of Africa, whose groundbreaking style merged Cameroonian makossa with classical guitar, jazz, and pop. </p><p>Narrated by Bebey's daughter, Kidi, <i>My Kingdom for a Guitar</i> is a tribute to her late father and his family. Through a combination of recollections and fiction, it offers the reader a chance to witness the admiration of a daughter for her father and the love of a man for his music.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>Francis Bebey, the Cameroonian-born writer, guitarist, and composer, was one of the bestknown singer-songwriters of Africa. My Kingdom for a Guitar is a novel based on his life, his exile from his home country in Paris, and his passion for music.</p><p>The novel is narrated by his daughter, who was born in 1961 and grew up in the only African household in her Parisian neighborhood, speaking Douala at home and French in school. Kidi Bebey's tribute to her late father and his family is a combination of recollections and fiction, where the reader witnesses the admiration of a daughter for her father and the love of a man for his music.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>Kidi Bebey's deep love of words and stories mean that poetry and fiction find a warm welcome in her book.</p>--Caroline Trouillet "Africultures"<br><br><p>Without a shadow of a doubt, Kidi Bebey has inherited from her father, Francis, the famous Cameroonian musician who passed away in 2001, a visceral attachment to creativity, to the arts, to what makes us human.</p>--Séverine Kodjo-Grandvaux "Le Monde"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Kidi Bebey is a French journalist and writer. She is the author of several children's books. <i>My Kingdom for a Guitar</i> is her first novel and was published originally in French in 2016.</p> <p>Karen Lindo is a scholar of French and Francophone Studies, currently teaching and translating in Paris. She is translator of three other books in the Global African Voices series: <i>The Heart of the Leopard Children</i>, <i>The Silence of the Spirits</i>, and <i>Concrete Flowers</i>, all by Wilfried N'Sondé.</p></p>
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