In Burundi, one of the poorest countries in the world, the president is preparing for his third term. His cabinet mates clash over the succession and the Defense Secretary is blown up. Gangs of thugs dominate the streetscape, and a new genocide is imminent. The state terrorists do not stop at the clergy, three nuns are murdered. The rich world is not interested. The Vatican is silent. The last journalists are leaving the country. Four self-appointed detectives confront the terror and find a social utopia and an answer to the deeds in the middle of the Congo.
KONGOTOPIA – Tender Land.
Will be released in September 2023
Order number: 147791379
Besides Kongotopia, Christoph’s has three other novels set in Uganda, Togo and Burundi. Early this month he said he hopes Kongotopia will at least be translated into English.
Next month at Paulet House where Christoph will participate in the annual Jakes Gerwel Foundation/PEN writers residency, he will be working on two projects. One is a “biography of the fictional person Caspar, the African sage of the Three Kings. And I am writing a Sardinian diary about the island that lies between the European and African continents.”
Christoph Nix (PEN Germany) obtained a PhD in both Law and Theatre Studies. He has published several novels and a series of crime novels set in African countries such as Uganda, Togo, Burundi and Malawi. In addition to his works of fiction, Christoph Nix has numerous publications in law and theatre studies.
