Baía dos Tigres

Synopsis of Baía dos Tigres

«Baía dos Tigres» is the novel by Portuguese writer Pedro Rosa Mendes, published by Publicações Dom Quixote in paperback (408 pages, in Portuguese).

The narrator, a journalist, travels from Namibe, in southern Angola, to Quelimane, in Mozambique, crossing the continent from coast to coast. On this journey, which begins at Baía dos Tigres, stories of war, violence and cruelty unfold, and the legacies of colonialism and African conflicts come to the surface.

First published in 1999; received the Prémio PEN Clube Português da Novelística in 2000.

For those interested in Portuguese literature, travel writing and narrative about Africa.