← Sony Labou TansiThe Antipeopleby Sony Labou TansiExperimental novel critiquing dehumanization under corrupt African authoritarian regimeFind on Amazon↗About the authorSony Labou TansiCongolese playwright and novelist whose ferocious, wildly inventive fiction challenged African tyranny with exuberant linguistic violence. The Antipeople and Life and a Half brought him international recognition as a major African voice.More by Sony Labou TansiLife and a HalfSurreal narrative of man unable to fully live in post-colonial Congo→The Seven Solitudes of Lorsa LopezFragmented narrative exploring isolation and existential crisis in Congo→Antoine m'a vendu son destin→The Shameful State→