African Literature

Books

Letters to Marion (And the Coming Generations)
2009, author(s)-editor(s) John Nkemngong Nkengasong
In this rich and compelling collection of poems the author explores the recesses of the imagination to reveal the different facets of contemporary experience. In doing this he highlights the social, the spiritual, and the metaphysical functions of poetry. The reader will find in the collection sincere expressions of feelings and penetrating thoughts, the genuine tone, spirit and taste of poetry and its ability to provide contemplative clues to prevailing circumstances. The preponderance of (...)
Les etudiants africains et la litterature negro-africaine d’expression francaise
2009, author(s)-editor(s) Amady Aly Dieng
Il y a maintenant plus de quarante sept ans que les étudiants organisés au sein de la Fédération des Etudiants d’Afrique Noire en France (FEANF) tenaient pour la première fois un séminaire à Paris sur les relations entre la littérature négro-africaine d’expression française et la politique. L’événement avait son importance dans la mesure où les traîtres à l’Afrique étaient démasqués sur le terrain littéraire. Il donnait aussi aux étudiants africains l’occasion de définir le rôle de la littérature dans les (...)
Landscaping Postcoloniality
2009, author(s)-editor(s) Joyce Ashuntantang
The Dissemination of Cameroon Anglophone Literature This is a foundational text on the production and dissemination of Anglophone Cameroon literature. The Republic of Cameroon is a bilingual country with English and French as the official languages. Ashuntantang shows that the pattern of production and dissemination of Anglophone Cameroon literature is not only framed by the minority status of English and English-speaking Cameroonians within the Republic of Cameroon, but is also a (...)
Wading the Tide
2009, author(s)-editor(s) Emmanuel Fru Doh
Wading the Tide is an expression of profound emotions touching on a wide range of issues-personal and political-from the birth of the Cameroon nation, her political meandering, until the state of emergency declared on the North West Province in 1992. Accordingly, Doh complains, ridicules, and pays tribute, even as he instructs and guides on timeless matters of life, all in an effort to draw attention to his country’s gradual, downward spiral into anomy. ISBN 9789956558773 | 64 pages | (...)
Tussles. Collected Plays
2009, author(s)-editor(s) G.D. Nyamndi
This collection groups together four plays - The Bite, Things Fall in Place, The Will and The Imprisonment of Sende Ghandi - written between 1995 and 2006. The plays in this volume dramatize a comprehensive world view. Through characters and themes chosen for their power to articulate the intended message, the plays paint a convincing and at times funny picture of human beings tussling with daily life. With clearly non-reductionist purpose, the actions all eschew the narrow minority (...)
Straddling the Mungo
2009, author(s)-editor(s) Peter W. Vakunta
A Book of Poems in English and French A sinister form of oppression, linguistic oppression, is the key ingredient in this rich collection of poems written in both the English and the French languages. Highly charged with political overtones, this anthology awakens the conscience of a society in lethargy, one in which even those who lay claim to superiority display gross incompetence in the management of state and societal affairs. Vakunta raises a strong voice against the wanton abuse of (...)
An Evil Meal of Evil
2009, author(s)-editor(s) Kehbuma Langmia
An Evil Meal of Evil is a play about greed and its consequences. Set in the traditional African village of ‘Ntisong’, the play exposes the complexities of unravelling the issue of Death. Sunyin, the young wife of Dohbani epitomizes what is wrong with coerced marriages. A group of blood thirsty vampires popularly known in the village as members of ‘Nda Saah’ superstitiously kill targeted individuals purposely to enrich themselves. Sunyin, the protagonist in the play suffers from a premature (...)
Cup Man and Other Stories
2009, author(s)-editor(s) Tikum Mbah Azonga
Cup Man and Other Stories is a collection of eight fictional short stories on themes such as the intrigues of the civil service, drunkenness, theft, matrimonial relations and living as an African immigrant in the West. The stories are a reflection of everyday life with all that goes with it. Each story is complete it itself, with all its humour, wit and figures of speech. Azonga’s attention to detail and alert memory enable him to draw on memory and things past in a fascinating way. He (...)
Shadows From The Abyss
2009, author(s)-editor(s) Frida Menkan Mbunda
This is the first volume of a patriotic poet whose heart is on fire. The poems touch on a variety of issues, some personal and private, other public - past and current. They range from family, love and longing; friendship and marriage, to culture, politics, corruption and death. They are cadenced and vibrant with different emotions: nostalgia, regret and outrage; loss, pain and pathos tinged with a touch of wistfulness and irony. In style and themes, they reveal a keen observer, a budding (...)
Second Engagement
2009, author(s)-editor(s) Susan Nkwentie Nde
Second Engagement is an enthralling tale of triangular love and the quest for fulfillment. Framed around Gabby and Lizzy, the narrative unravels the secrets surrounding relationships of love. Susan Nde explores the pleasures and tensions of how two individuals in love handle the obstacles on their path to being together. In an exceptionally lucid and graceful style, she weaves an enduring tapestry of great human interest, from divergent dreams, which converge at the point of acceptance and (...)