The Poor Christ Of Bomba
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Author | : Mongo Beti |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 2024-02-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1804543438 |
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Award-winning author Mongo Beti presents The Poor Christ of Bomba, a cutting satirical critique on the role of Catholic missionaries and French colonialism in 1930s Cameroon. A revolutionary novel in its time. In the small village of Bomba, a French missionary priest is instructed to build a parish for its residents. Father Drumont has one important task; to save the village from heresy by preparing its girls for Christian marriage. A servant in Father Drumont's house, a young boy named Denis is reliant on the priest's generosity after the death of his mother. In the eyes of the Catholic church, Denis is the perfect example of the African heathen saved by Christianity – but the reality of what happens behind closed doors in much more sinister. 'One of the foremost African writers of the independence generation.' Guardian
Author | : Mongo Beti |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury UK |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-02 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781035901043 |
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Author | : Mongo Beti |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Africa |
ISBN | : 9781577664185 |
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In Bomba the girls who are being prepared for Christian marriage live together in the women's camp. It is not clear whether the girls have to stay in the women's camp for such long periods for the good of their souls or for the good of the mission building program. Only gradually does it become apparent that the local churchmen have also been using the local girls for their own purpose.
Author | : Mongo Beti |
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Total Pages | : 191 |
Release | : 1980 |
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Author | : Mariama Bâ |
Publisher | : Waveland Press |
Total Pages | : 113 |
Release | : 2012-05-06 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1478611235 |
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Written by award-winning African novelist Mariama Bâ and translated from the original French, So Long a Letter has been recognized as one of Africa’s 100 Best Books of the 20th Century. The brief narrative, written as an extended letter, is a sequence of reminiscences —some wistful, some bitter—recounted by recently widowed Senegalese schoolteacher Ramatoulaye Fall. Addressed to a lifelong friend, Aissatou, it is a record of Ramatoulaye’s emotional struggle for survival after her husband betrayed their marriage by taking a second wife. This semi-autobiographical account is a perceptive testimony to the plight of educated and articulate Muslim women. Angered by the traditions that allow polygyny, they inhabit a social milieu dominated by attitudes and values that deny them status equal to men. Ramatoulaye hopes for a world where the best of old customs and new freedom can be combined. Considered a classic of contemporary African women’s literature, So Long a Letter is a must-read for anyone interested in African literature and the passage from colonialism to modernism in a Muslim country. Winner of the prestigious Noma Award for Publishing in Africa.
Author | : Thomas Mofolo |
Publisher | : Waveland Press |
Total Pages | : 193 |
Release | : 2013-05-21 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1478609729 |
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Chaka is a genuine masterpiece that represents one of the earliest major contributions of black Africa to the corpus of modern world literature. Mofolos fictionalized life-story account of Chaka (Shaka), translated from Sesotho by D. P. Kunene, begins with the future Zulu kings birth followed by the unwarranted taunts and abuse he receives during childhood and adolescence. The author manipulates events leading to Chakas status of great Zulu warrior, conqueror, and king to emphasize classic tragedys psychological themes of ambition and power, cruelty, and ultimate ruin. Mofolos clever nods to the supernatural add symbolic value. Kunenes fine translation renders the dramatic and tragic tensions in Mofolos tale palpable as the richness of the authors own culture is revealed. A substantial introduction by the translator provides valuable context for modern readers.
Author | : Mongo Beti |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1980 |
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Author | : Charlotte Walker-Said |
Publisher | : James Currey |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2022-05-06 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781847013279 |
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Author | : Annie Gagiano |
Publisher | : Lynne Rienner Publishers |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780894108877 |
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Concentrating on issues of power and change, this analysis of texts by Chinua Achbe, Bessie Head and Dambudzi Marechera teases out each author's view of how colonialism affected Africa, the contributions of Africans to their malaise, and how many reacted in creative, progressive, pragmatic ways.
Author | : Ferdinand Oyono |
Publisher | : Heinemann |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780435905323 |
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Written in the form of a diary, kept by the Cameroonian houseboy Toundi, this book looks at Toundi's innocence and his awe of the white world of his masters.