A Strangerâs Pose is an evocative and mesmerising account of travels across different African cities. With lyrical and absorbing prose, Emmanuel invites the reader to share in his travels, and the encounters he made along the way.
Alongside these depictions of new places and people is a compelling, and very personal, meditation on the meaning of home, and the importance of intimacy to a lone traveller. Through these vignettesâan arrest in a market in Nâdjamena,
meeting the famed photographer Malick Sidibe in Bamako, speaking with a migrant in Tangier who says âthe sea is the only way,ââEmmanuel showcases the generosity of strangers, the power of language and translation, and much more.