Africa Speaks

Africa Ali, a twenty-three year old black man, is determined to "get the truth out" through a series of weekly interviews with an anonymous white sociologist. His tape-recorded monologues recount the adventures of the 149th Street Crew, a group of friends clinging to the vestiges of their youthful alliances and confronting the awful uncertainties of their futures. Africa Speaks is a portrait of young people on the cusp of both self-realization and self-ruin.


Genre: Literary Fiction