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cooujofocus-3193	Ibeku, Chiemela Imelda	The Representation of the Congolese and their Traditions in Alain Mabanckou's Novels	2025	10	.pdf	application/pdf	5752	235	57	Keywords: Alain Mabanckou, Traditional Superstitions, Folklore, Congo region, Cultural Practices Chiemela Imelda Ibeku, PhD - The Representation of the Congolese and their Traditions in Alain Mabanckou’s Novels 116 Introduction African culture shares historical and cultural experiences which shape how they share and exchange intellectual concepts, material goods and cultural traditions. Using the Congo region as a sample of African folklore culture, this paper examines how Alain Mabanckou depicts the disharmonious behaviour of the Congolese in his novels (Demain, j'aurai vingt ans (2010), (translated as Tomorrow I' ll be Twenty) and Memoirs de Porc-épic (translated as Memoirs of a Porcupine) and Petit Piment (translated as Black Moses) through folklore and the presentation of the vices of some persons in the region, their belief in traditional superstitions as it relates to the progress of the region under study.	cache/cooujofocus-3193.pdf	txt/cooujofocus-3193.txt