Bitter Chocolate (2010)
Bitter Chocolate
“Heaps of empty pods lay scattered about – temporary shelters for the myriad insects that toiled through the grass. The cocoa beans sweated on their mats, every last trace of moisture destined to be sucked out of them over the following days.
Kojo was humming and occasionally breaking into song.
‘D’you hear that, Tiene?’ Pascal called. ‘It’s the mating call of the greater spotted hairy baboon.’ ‘That’s a Salif Keita song I’m singing,’ Kojo retorted. ‘He’s the best.’ ‘He might be,’ said Pascal, ‘...but you’re not. Didn’t your maman ever tell you that you can’t sing?’ ‘She thought I had a nice voice. You’re just jealous.’ Kojo began to sing even more loudly.
Pascal brought his machete down on to the head of a pod with a vicious smack. The pod shattered, spilling some of its beans on the ground. Pascal stamped on them until they were flattened.
‘Don’t do that!’ Kojo protested. ‘You’ll have Le Cochon after us again.’ Pascal shrugged his shoulders.MoreLess
Kojo was humming and occasionally breaking into song.
‘D’you hear that, Tiene?’ Pascal called. ‘It’s the mating call of the greater spotted hairy baboon.’ ‘That’s a Salif Keita song I’m singing,’ Kojo retorted. ‘He’s the best.’ ‘He might be,’ said Pascal, ‘...but you’re not. Didn’t your maman ever tell you that you can’t sing?’ ‘She thought I had a nice voice. You’re just jealous.’ Kojo began to sing even more loudly.
Pascal brought his machete down on to the head of a pod with a vicious smack. The pod shattered, spilling some of its beans on the ground. Pascal stamped on them until they were flattened.
‘Don’t do that!’ Kojo protested. ‘You’ll have Le Cochon after us again.’ Pascal shrugged his shoulders.MoreLess
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