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Fresh Air, Emmanuel Dongala
- Narrated by: Terry Gross
- Length: 43 mins
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Summary
African novelist and chemist Emmanuel Dongala on this edition of Fresh Air. He was born in the Congo Republic, was educated in the US, and left the Congo with the outbreak of civil war in 1997. Two of his novels have just been translated to English: Little Boys Come from the Stars and The Fires of Origins. With the help of writers Philip Roth and William Styron, Dongala now has a visiting professorship in chemistry at Simon's Rock of Bard College in Massachusetts. Donagala is also president of the Congolese PEN Centre. (Broadcast Date: April 12, 2001)