The Wooden Bicycle and Other Stories

written by Tikum Mbah Azonga

The Wooden Bicycle and Other Stories is a compilation of eight compelling short stories which immediately engage the reader, regardless of which story is selected for reading. Just like the author’s other collection of short stories, Cup Man and Other Stories, the book is a depiction of the joys and pains of everyday life in the typical African country or even in the West Indies. This dimension includes an in-depth look at life within the African community in the West – an experience which is, of course daunting as the immigrant struggles to adjust to the new dispensation. Azonga once again shows outstanding skill in narrative techniques by adopting a style that is at once simple and intricate, entertaining and instructive.

Tikum Mbah Azonga

Tikum Mbah Azonga is by profession a teacher of French and Spanish, a translator-interpreter and a journalist. He has schooled and studied and worked in Cameroon, France and England. While in London he worked as a Press and Public Relations Officer at the London Borough of Barnet and as a journalist for Africa Journal and later West Africa Magazine. Cup Man And Other Stories is his fourth book. The first three were The Wooden Bicycle and Other Stories, Sighs and Whispers from within, and Say No to Aids. He has also co-authored La Bande Fumante and Goutes d`Encre in 2005. He is married with children.