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Your Name Shall Be Tanga

Calixthe Beyala
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Region

Central Africa

Cameroon

Era

Contemporary

Language

French

Genre

Fiction

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Two women share a prison cell in Cameroon — Tanga, a teenage prostitute dying of AIDS, and Anna-Claude, a French woman of Algerian origin. As Tanga tells her story, Anna-Claude assumes her identity.

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One of the most powerful voices in African women's literature; Grand Prix du Roman de l'Académie Française

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Two women share a prison cell in Cameroon — Tanga, a teenage prostitute dying of AIDS, and Anna-Claude, a French woman of Algerian origin. As Tanga tells her story, Anna-Claude assumes her identity. One of the most powerful voices in African women's literature; Grand Prix du Roman de l'Académie Française

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