Queen Pokou: Concerto for a Sacrifice - Véronique Tadjo - Bjorn

[Luke]

Queen Pokou: Concerto for a Sacrifice, Véronique Tadjo, translated from French by Amy Baram Reid, 2009, Côte d'Ivoire, NOVEL

"..."Queen Pokuaa or Pokou led her people to a new country, in the process sacrificing her newborn son to the gods so that they might cross a river and escape the soldiers chasing them down... Then Tadjo picks up her metaphorical tenor sax and starts playing different variations on it; what if, what if, what if?"..."

(Bjorn, review)