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Cruel City

A Novel

By: Mongo Beti

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Under the pseudonym Eza Boto, Mongo Beti wrote Ville cruelle (Cruel City) in 1954 before he came to the world's attention with the publication of Le pauvre Christ de Bomba (The Poor Christ of Bomba). Cruel City tells the story of a young man's attempt to cope with capitalism and the rapid urbanization of his country. Banda, the protagonist, sets off to sell the year's cocoa harvest to earn the bride price for the woman he has chosen to wed. Due to a series of misfortunes, Banda loses both his crop and his bride to be. Making his way to the city, Banda is witness to a changing Africa, and as his journey progresses, the novel mirrors these changes in its style and language. Published here with the author's essay "Romancing Africa," the novel signifies a pivotal moment in African literature, a deliberate challenge to colonialism, and a new kind of African writing.

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Indiana University Press

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0253008301

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9780253008305

Cruel City

A Novel

By: Mongo Beti

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A Novel

By: Mongo Beti

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The Poor Christ of Bomba

By: Mongo Beti

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The Poor Christ of Bomba

By: Mongo Beti

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

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281

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1804543438

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9781804543436

The Life of Akoa-Mongo Kara from Africa to the United States, Maine

And a Story Covering 14 Generations of an African Family

By: François Kara Akoa-Mongo

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The Life of Akoa-Mongo Kara from Africa to the United States, Maine

And a Story Covering 14 Generations of an African Family

By: François Kara Akoa-Mongo

This book is an excellent tool to learn how people used to live in Central Africa around 1960 when many African countries started to become politically independent. One would learn how people lived, worked, socialized, traveled, took care of themselves when sick, the children and women contributing to the family economy, the system of education, family ties, territorial occupations, tribal relations, language formations, and settlements of the population.. He would also learn what happened from around 1954 concerning the struggles for independence, and the first leaders of African nations. One would also learn about the difficulties of going to school, getting good health care, Black and White relations, and discrimination in reverse, difficulties of making a living, Christianity, paganism, and poverty. Concerning the United States, one will learn about problems foreigners face in the United States in order to be acclimated, and acculturated, differences in culture, eating habits, weather, language, socialization, help for the poor, the role of church, education opportunities, humanitarian and Christian love, relations between Blacks from Africa, and African Americans, between Africans living in the States and those at home, problems between those living in the States, problems of alienation of most children of the second generation of the immigrates. This book deals with men and women issues, Christian religion, paganism, and faith in God, the love of God, and serving others as a result of what God has done in someones life. This book is easy to read. It is good for those who would like to learn about African culture and people, the way others look at and see Americans; things to learn from each other as groups of people living in the same environment. Young people, families, churches, schools, anthropologists, sociologists, and political scientists may use this book. These are wishes of the author, Franois K. Akoa-Mongo

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354

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Trafford Publishing

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1426947402

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9781426947407

Mission terminée

roman

By: Mongo Beti

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Mission terminée

roman

By: Mongo Beti

Le héros de ce roman paru, en 1957, est un jeune Africain du Cameroun ayant piteusement raté son bachot , il rentre dans son village malgré la terreur qeu lui inspire son père. Là, il trouve tout le monde en effervescence car une femme est partie avec un homme appartenant à une tribu de la brousse. Il faut aller la chercher, et Medza (paré du prestige que confèrent des études, mêmes ratées) est chargé de cette mission. Là-bas, il découvre un oncle et un cousin pittoresques qui le présentent comme un phénomène. La femme qu'il doit ramener est repartie plus loin avec un autre homme, mais peu importe. En attendant qu'elle revienne, il est fêté, choyé, consulté comme une autorité. Bien que l'oncle empoche la moitié des cadeaux qu'il reçoit, il s'enrichit. Les filles tournent autour de lui et il n'ose avouer qu'il est puceau et que les plus entreprenantes lui font peur. Il finit cependant par séduire une très jeune fille à laquelle on le mariera par surprise. Enfin la femme qu'il est venu chercher revient et consent à retourner avec lui dans son village natal. Sa mission est terminée, mais il lui reste à affronter la terrible colère de son père. Il s'enfuira, plantant là sa famille et sa jeune femme, que son propre frère épousera à son tour. Ce roman est intensément vivant, l'humour est mêlé à la vraie naïveté, les Caractères et les mœurs sont décrits d'une manière inoubliable. Voici enfin un roman africain qui n'a pas d'arrière-pensée politique, où éclate la joie de vivre, et qui révèle d'une façon étonnante le talent original d'un jeune écrivain noir.

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254

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Buchet-Chastel

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2283018005

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9782283018002

Book's by Mongo Beti

Cruel City

Cruel City

Cruel City

Cruel City

The Poor Christ of Bomba

The Poor Christ of Bomba

The Life of Akoa-Mongo Kara from Africa to the United States, Maine

The Life of Akoa-Mongo Kara from Africa to the United States, Maine

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