The disillusioned African / Francis B. Nyamnjoh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nyamnjoh, Francis B., 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africans--England--Fiction.

Africans.

Africa, Sub-Saharan--Fiction.

Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Cameroon--Fiction.

Cameroon.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Bamenda, North West Province, Cameroon : Langaa Research and Pub. Common Initiative Group, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This humorous tale of the naive and curious African student-cum-philosopher wandering between North and South, the rural and the urban, has been in gestation for a period of nearly two decades. With allusion to traditions of the philosophical novel and the picaresque, Nyamnjoh's protagonist travels from his African village to the sharply divided and socially cruel world of 1980's Britain. By casting aside his disillusion and the traps of servitude and victimhood, The Disillusioned African reveals his creative potential for curiosity and adventure. He brings a bird's eye view, always affectionate...

Contents:

Cover; Copyright Page; Author's Biographical Note; Contents; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; PART ONE; PART TWO; PART THREE; PART FOUR; PART FIVE; Back cover

Notes:

Title from cover.

ISBN:

9786613198228

9781283198226

1283198223

9789956716234

9956716235

9789956716357

9956716359

9789956615551

9956615552

OCLC:

830165509