My Kingdom for a Guitar

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<p><i>My Kingdom for a Guitar</i>is a novel based on the remarkable life of Cameroonian-born writer and musician Francis Bebey. Born in Douala, Cameroon, Bebey studied in Paris and New York. He found fame when his first novel,<i>Le Fils d'Agatha Moudio</i> (<i>Agatha Moudio's Son</i>), was published in 1967, and that fame continued to grow with the release of his first album in 1969. He would go on to become one of the best-known singer-songwriters of Africa, whose groundbreaking style merged Cameroonian makossa with classical guitar, jazz, and pop.</p><p>Narrated by Bebey's daughter, Kidi,<i>My Kingdom for a Guitar</i> is a tribute to her late father and his family. Through a combination of recollections and fiction, it offers the reader a chance to witness the admiration of a daughter for her father and the love of a man for his music.</p>

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<p></p><p>Kidi Bebey is a French journalist and writer. She is the author of several children's books.<i>My Kingdom for a Guitar</i> is her first novel and was published originally in French in 2016.</p><p>Karen Lindo is a scholar of French and Francophone Studies, currently teaching and translating in Paris. She is translator of three other books in the Global African Voices series:<i>The Heart of the Leopard Children</i>,<i>The Silence of the Spirits</i>, and<i>Concrete Flowers</i>, all by Wilfried N'Sondé.</p><p></p>

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