Alpha

About Bessora

Bessora is a prize-winning French author of Swiss and Gabonese heritage deeply committed to telling unheard and suppressed stories. In telling Alphas story her aim was to create a strong connection between narrator and reader. She says Alpha is like your brother whispering in your ear. You are very close to him. So anyone can identify with Alpha: he raises the question of destiny. Do we take it in hand? What meaning do we give to our life? Barroux is a French graphic artist best known as an illustrator for children. He grew up in Morocco and has always wanted to create a book representing contemporary Africa. He settled on Alpha when he met an African refugee in his workplace in Paris. Barroux explains His name was is Togola and he came to Alices Garden with no official papers and unable to work although he had been in France for seven years. And I was talking to him and thinking this is so novelistic you could make such an incredible book out of this mans story.