Sony Labou Tansis surreal portrait of a despised and incompetent regime is a biting burlesque fable incisive in its description of postcolonial lifeHistory has been silenced in this modern African state only the voices of the dead cry out for justice It is a cry answered by Estina Bronzario the Woman of Bronze determined to act against the political and moral corruption of maledominated societyMurders escalate crowds ebb and flow and the years roll by But all the while the police never come Central Africas greatest writer New York TimesNo greater genius than Sony Labou Tansi IndependentSublimely surreal allegory Tansi is one of Africas important voices Publishers Weekly
