African Expressive Cultures : African Appropriations : Cultural Difference, Mimesis, and Media

figure 3.4

Page from Mkasa wa mapenzi ndani ya Titanic, by Joshua Amandus Mtani (vol. 3,
unpublished): (1) “I opened my eyes and felt as if I was flying in the air.... It
was a dance. Jack turned me around gently and our tongues met and... weee!”
(2) “Mmmmmh! Mmmwa!” (3) “I love you Jack... .” (4) “And that was the last
day for the Titanic to see the sunlight.” (5) “My dear reader, don’t feel too tired
to follow this story in the next book. —Mtani.” Courtesy of the artist.