Cup Man and Other Stories

written by 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 excels in the craft of using simple and down-to-earth language, a factor which makes the collection an easy and compelling read.

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.