The Radio and Other Stories: A Review

The Radio and Other Stories: A Review

G is a young man from Cameroon, who leaves his distant village in the northwestern part of Cameroon to do a PhD in a small Bavarian town in Germany. G’s crossing soon turns into a profound ontological interaction with small things, from shoe polish to a radio ‘helplessly pressed to the corner by a mound of books’. 

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Book Review: What God Has Put Asunder

Book Review: What God Has Put Asunder

Ngome’s fictional work titled What God Has Put Asunder is a parody of a contemporary postcolonial African country, perhaps the Republic of Cameroon. Set against the backdrop of conflictual co-existence within the confines of an orphanage, this skillfully crafted drama takes the reader down memory lane. Ngome conveys his vision of postcoloniality and its vestiges throughout the play by means of two compatriots, namely Reverend Gordon, rector of the orphanage and Sister Sabeth who serves as Gordon’s assistant. These individuals run the orphanage according to their whims and caprices to the utter detriment of inmates.

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