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A Stranger's Pose
- Author
- Emmanuel Iduma
- Narrator
- Tony Tambi
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 18 May 2021
- Run Time
- 4 hours
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Alongside these depictions of new places and people is a compelling, and very personal, meditation on the meaning of home, and the importance of intimacy to a lone traveller. Through these vignettes—an arrest in a market in N’djamena,
meeting the famed photographer Malick Sidibe in Bamako, speaking with a migrant in Tangier who says “the sea is the only way,”—Emmanuel showcases the generosity of strangers, the power of language and translation, and much more.
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Details
- Author
- Emmanuel Iduma
- Narrator
- Tony Tambi
- Duration
- 4 hours
- Release Date
- 18 May 2021
- ISBN
- 9781980079729
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Travel and holiday, Individual photographers
Synopsis
A Stranger’s Pose is an evocative and mesmerising account of travels across different African cities. With lyrical and absorbing prose, Emmanuel invites the reader to share in his travels, and the encounters he made along the way. Alongside these depictions of new places and people is a compelling, and very personal, meditation on the meaning of home, and the importance of intimacy to a lone traveller. Through these vignettes—an arrest in a market in N’djamena, meeting the famed photographer Malick Sidibe in Bamako, speaking with a migrant in Tangier who says “the sea is the only way,”—Emmanuel showcases the generosity of strangers, the power of language and translation, and much more.
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