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This April, we will be journeying on to Congo, Brazzaville, not Kinshasa. And here we meet dead Liwa at the cemetery, lying on top of his grave in his flared purple trousers, wondering how he got there and deciding to venture out, despite the reservations of his fellow cemetery residents....what will we learn about Congo's history as he goes back home to his grandmother for one last time?Soma Nasi to find out....
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One day in the Congolese town of Pointe-Noire, Liwa Ekimakingai wakes to find himself in a cemetery where, three days earlier, he had been buried at the age of twenty-two in a pair of flared purple trousers in which he is now trapped forever. All around him are the other residents of the cemetery, all of whom have their own complex stories of life and death to share.
Bewildered by his predicament and unwilling to relinquish his tender bond with his devoted grandmother, Liwa makes his way back home to see her one last time, against all spectral advice. As he does, disturbing rumors swirl together with Liwa's jumbled memories of his last night on earth, leading him to try and solve the mystery of his own untimely demise.
Soma Nasi, won’t you?
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