{"product_id":"they-are-us-richard-prins-9780820374697","title":"They Are Us","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in Swahili as \u003ci\u003eWalenisi \u003c\/i\u003ein 1995, \u003ci\u003eThey Are Us \u003c\/i\u003eis an Africanfuturist take on Kenyan politics from real-life political prisoner Katama Mkangi. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt begins with a death sentence for Dzombo--but not in the traditional sense. Instead of firing squad or hanging, Dzombo is shoved into a rocket and blasted into the sky for \"talking too much.\" While Dzombo assumes that he will explode like all the other political prisoners sentenced to the same fate, he instead pilots the vessel of death through an asteroid belt of allegorical maladies, such as the \"Rock of Ignorance,\" and crash-lands on the utopian planet Walenisi. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFaced with remarkable technological advancement and egalitarian prosperity, Dzombo is convinced he has arrived in Heaven. His hosts, however, believe that Dzombo himself is an emissary from Heaven. What follows is a journey, farce, romance, cross-cultural encounter, and self-discovery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Prins,Katama Mkangi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820374695\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820374697\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Richard Prins","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48623605809407,"sku":"9780820374697","price":129.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/they-are-us-richard-prins-9780820374697","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}