La Noire de, 2, 12, 14, 19, 22–23, 25, 113, 121, 178–179, 205, 211, 217–218, 222–225, 227, 238, 249

La Religion face au pouvoir: la laïcité en danger, 158

language matters, 93, 122

Layène brotherhood, 139

Le Cri du Cœur, 14

Le Docker Noir, 57, 99

Le Monde, 209

leadership, 134, 171, 194, 224, 234

Lebanon, 158

leftovers, 103, 224

legacy, 4, 16, 18, 23, 95, 240

Les bouts de bois de Dieu, 57

lethargy, 170

liberate, 1–5, 7–21, 23–25, 30–32, 35–40, 42–43, 45–47, 51, 54–59, 66–69, 71, 74, 76, 81–83, 85–86, 89, 93–96, 98, 100, 102, 105–106, 108–109, 111, 113, 119–123, 127–128, 131, 133, 135–136, 138, 142–143, 145–152, 156–159, 163–173, 176–179, 181, 183–184, 186–189, 191–194, 196–205, 211–217, 219, 221–223, 225–227, 229–231, 233–234, 236–238, 240, 245–246, 249, 251–255, 257, 259, 263, 265–266

liberation, 2–7, 24, 30, 35, 37, 46, 48, 56–58, 96, 106, 108, 120, 159, 166, 169, 173, 238, 240

Libya, 158

linkage, 18, 233

literacy, 3, 65, 106, 116

literature, 6, 12–14, 16, 19–20, 22–24, 29, 56–58, 65, 95–96, 118

Literature and Film Quarterly, 24

living, 35, 56–57, 67, 69, 71–72, 74, 111–114, 128–129, 148, 177–178, 183, 185–186, 188, 196–197, 201–202, 204, 212, 218–219, 222, 224, 226, 245, 249, 266

local, 1–4, 11, 23–24, 31, 33, 40, 44, 48–49, 51, 54–55, 58–59, 65, 69, 93–95, 100–101, 103–108, 110–112, 116, 119–120, 123, 127–128, 130–131, 135–137, 150, 157, 189, 191, 210, 213, 219, 221, 228, 232–233, 236, 238, 251, 254–255

long-held values, 215

looting, 32

loss, 53, 83, 178, 212, 231–232

loud-mouthed, 170

low-income, 185

lucid, 188

luggage, 227, 245

Lumumba, Patrice, 226, 238

Lusophone, 15

Ly, Boubakar, 85

Lyombe, Eko, 213

lyricism, 20

maccuɓe, 130

machete, 143, 193

Madagascar, 37

Mag, Goor, 110–111, 144–148, 151–152, 159, 262

Magassouba 161

maladapted tradition, 200

Malcolm X, 203

male, 2, 8, 14, 20, 47, 73, 86, 120, 159, 164–165, 167, 169, 178, 181, 184–185, 196, 200, 213, 249–250

Mali, 24, 66, 198, 237

Mami, 154–155, 159, 171–172, 213–214, 264