Standing Heavy
Gauz' / Wynne, Frank
A funny, fast-paced, and poignant take on Franco-African history, as told through the eyes of three African security guards in Paris. All over the city, they are watching: Black men paid to stand guard, invisible amongst the rich white fâlneurs--and yet the only ones who truly see. From Les Grands Moulins and the sales at Camïaeu to a Sephora on the Champs-Élyéses, Ferdinand, Ossiri, and Kassoum, two generations of Ivoirians, seek their way as...
