Tana Blues #[nn]

Set against the faded yellow backdrop of a bustling urban streetscape, this L'Harmattan BD release from 2013 brings Ndrematoa's gritty vision of city life sharply into focus. The cover foregrounds a gaunt, weathered man in a rumpled coat and hat, his arm outstretched with unsettling intensity, while two figures linger watchfully behind him on the sun-bleached avenue. Tana Blues announces itself as a raw, streetwise work — the kind of urban storytelling that doesn't flinch from the harder edges of its world.