Chroniques de Brazzaville #[nn]

From L'Harmattan BD, Chroniques de Brazzaville offers a grounded, human-scale portrait of everyday life in the Congolese capital. The cover — rendered in striking monochrome line art washed in deep orange — places a young woman at its center, bag in hand, walking purposefully through a busy neighborhood street lined with modest storefronts and pedestrians going about their day. It's the kind of image that quietly insists on being seen, and with Jussie Nsana, KHP, and Lionnel Boussi at the helm, this 2012 release promises storytelling rooted in authentic, street-level humanity.