Black Bazar is a literary fiction novel written by Congolese novelist Alain Mabanckou and published in February 2009. It depicts post colonial Congo and is narrated a character known as Buttologist—a reference to his love for his love for buttocks.[1]
In 2012, the novel was translated to French by Sarah Ardizzone. Jane Housham in a review for The Guardian called Black Bazar a "dazzling cultural catalogue."[2] Adele King review that it was fun and easy to read.[3]
The novel incorporate themes such as colonialism, feminism, eroticism and luxury.[3]