This Is What the Journey Does

The orange glow of a late afternoon sun drapes him in thick sheets, laying across his shoulders and accenting his face. Pedestrians amble past on the narrow sidewalk, casting long shadows in the golden light of dusk. No one seems to be aware of the drama unfolding outside the café where a young blac...

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Published inTransition (Kampala, Uganda) Vol. 132; no. 132; pp. 343 - 347
Main Author Mengiste, Maaza
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge Indiana University Press 01.04.2022
Subjects
Africans
Crossings
Emigration and immigration
Hair
Immigrants
Social aspects
Italy
Europe
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Summary:The orange glow of a late afternoon sun drapes him in thick sheets, laying across his shoulders and accenting his face. Pedestrians amble past on the narrow sidewalk, casting long shadows in the golden light of dusk. No one seems to be aware of the drama unfolding outside the café where a young black man with unkempt hair is spinning in increasingly wide circles, motioning wildly, shouting incoherently at passersby. [...]he looks almost bored as he weaves between pedestrians while twisting a lock of hair around a skinny finger.
ISSN:0041-1191
1527-8042
1527-8042
DOI:10.2979/transition.132.1.30