Bassirou Ayéva
Biography
Bassirou Ayéva was born on August 24, 1954 in Togo. He was a journalist for the state newspaper of his native Togo, which was ruled for 38 years by the iron fist of Gnassingbé Eyadema. He had the courage to take an active part in the popular uprising against the dictatorial regime on October 5, 1990. As the main leader of the patriotic movement of October 5th (MO5), Bassirou Ayéva was exiled to Benin and later to Germany, more precisely to Bremen, where he has lived since 1994 and works as a social worker in a refugee shelter. Bassirou Ayéva has remained a committed human rights advocate.
Unfortunately, all of Bassirou Ayéva's books are currently out of print.
Last Released
The Last Jew of Tamentit
Barkahoum and Abraham are a modern day Jewish-Muslim couple in the Algerian capital. In a pizzeria in Algiers' fashionable district, they tell each other stories, their history and that of their ancestors: Andalusia, North Africa – the expulsion. For centuries, Jews and Muslims lived peacefully side by side, shared common places, and maintained similar customs. Like a ring parable that raises the equality of all monotheistic religions to a principle, Zaoui, for whom the banishment of the body from public places and the feigned prudery in Muslim society are a thorn in the side, is circumcised according to Jewish-Muslim tradition Link of the unifying ring of the novel.
Translated from French byChristine Belakhdar
