What happens when a single man unknowingly becomes the bridge for a deadly plague to cross into his homeland?

In Ebola '76, Amir Tag Elsir weaves a dark and gripping narrative set against the backdrop of the 1976 Ebola outbreak. Lewis Nawa, a factory worker from the impoverished slums of Anzara, South Sudan, travels to the Congo in search of solace but finds calamity instead. After a brief affair, he unwittingly contracts the lethal virus.

As Lewis returns home, he carries death in his veins, transforming from a simple man into a walking biological time bomb. Blending grim reality with dark humor, the novel vividly portrays the chaos, fear, and absurdities of ordinary life—weddings, affairs, and daily struggles—as they collide with an invisible, unstoppable killer.