{"product_id":"last-harmattan-of-alusine-dunbar","title":"Last Harmattan of Alusine Dunbar","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 1991 Commonwealth Writers' Prize. Syl Cheney-Coker's acclaimed debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Harmattan of Alusine Dunbar \u003c\/i\u003etraces the history of a nation's rise and fall, as prophesied by an ancient sorcerer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA military general sits in one of Malagueta's prison cells, awaiting his execution. He has just failed to overthrow the government. In the same land, over two centuries ago, the wife of a formerly enslaved man takes her first steps towards freedom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the creation of Malagueta to its devastating fall, Alusine Dunbar, the wizened old diviner, has prophesied it all. And what he sees, he calls a tragedy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of Sierra Leone’s most renowned novelists and poets, Sly Cheney-Coker creates a world teeming with magical realism as he paints the journey from precolonial Africa to its shaky independence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54238375674200,"sku":"9781035900862","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781035900862_e2c93d32-f0e8-453b-a716-d94e6ab633d0.jpg?v=1764554442","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/last-harmattan-of-alusine-dunbar","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}