An African in Greenland

Tete-Michel Kpomassie was a teenager in Togo when he discovered a book about Greenlandand knew that he must go there. Working his way north over nearly a decade, Kpomassie finally arrived in the country of his dreams. This brilliantly observed and superbly entertaining record of his adventures among the Inuit is a testament both to the wonderful strangeness of the human species and to the surprising sympathies that bind us all.

Tete-Michel Kpomassie was a teenager in Togo when he discovered a book about Greenland -- and knew that he must go there. Working his way north over nearly a decade, Kpomassie finally arrived in the country of his dreams. This brilliantly observed and superbly entertaining record of his adventures among the Inuit is a testament both to the wonderful strangeness of the human species and to the surprising sympathies that bind us all.

Introduction

vii

PART ONE: THE PYTHON GOD

The Snake in the Coconut Tree

5

(15)

The Sacred Forest

20

(27)

The Runaway

47

(11)

First Steps in Europe

58

(17)

PART TWO: THE CALL OF THE COLD

A Spirit from the Mountains

75

(15)

Queer Customs

90

(25)

Fishing for Sea Wolf

115

(25)

The ``Polar Hysteria'' of the Arctic Autumn

140

(11)

PART THREE: HIBERNATION

Sisimiut, the Gateway to the North

151

(22)

Mitti of Ilulissat

173

(18)

My Host, Thue

191

(19)

A Greenland Christmas

210

(27)

PART FOUR: A TRUE GREENLANDER

Of Dogs and Men

237

(14)

The Boy Who Killed a Fly

251

(16)

Robert Mattaaq

267

(25)

``Your Place Is Here with Us''

292

(7)

Glossary

299

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An African in Greenland

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