“THE PAST AS REVENANT”: CYNICISM, MEMORY AND TRAUMA IN FANTA RÉGINA NACRO’S THE NIGHT OF TRUTH

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Set in an unnamed African country, The Night of Truth is a fictional story of two ethnic groups, the Bonandé and the Nayak emerging from a vicious civil war over power. Led by Colonel Théo Bogwanda, the Bonandés took arms against the majority ruling Nayaks to end decades of political and economic marginalization. After ten years of fighting each other in a brutal armed conflict, the leaders of the two sides have decided to make peace, convinced that only “restorative justice” can heal the wounds of war and help piece together the social fabric. In this courageous journey, both parties have to deal with the cynics among them.

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