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Bama, is a slightly naive character who wants to get married - he has to sell a year-round cocoa crop to pay the bride price. The sale doesn‘t go as expected … Most of the story is his inner monologue about the injustices of colonialism, corruption, unfairness, observations of the clash between traditional and modern ... but the most he is thinking about the money, what eventually brings him to some morally-ethical dilemma. Story was written … 👇

#readaroundtheworld #cameroon The stress and irritability that exudes from the main character due to cultural pressures really permeates this small book. Our MC Banda struggles with self doubt as he attempts to navigate village traditions versus urban expectations and white colonial capitalist corruption. This does not make him an enjoyable character, which is probably the point. His “younger sister� and ailing mother are good though.

I just finished reading the Beti‘s critical essay about his thoughts on African literature with the title Romancing Africa written in 1955 … and now I‘m starting his novella Cruel City.
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