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  • Born to Rule

    2009, author(s)-editor(s) Tah Asongwed
    Born to Rule is the autobiography of an African-president monarch who does not want to pass away without leaving anything in writing to future generations. The book is more than just the autobiography of a president in that it has responded to all the key issues that most people have been asking about the development and underdevelopment of Africa. It is a seminal contribution to the world’s collective knowledge of African and world history. At times it is compellingly incisive, satiric, and (...)

  • Folktales from the Moose of Burkina Faso

    2010, author(s)-editor(s) Alain-Joseph Sissao , Nina Tanti (Translator)
    The Moogo, the region of the Moose known as Mossi in ancient literature occupies the entire central zone of Burkina Faso. It is divided into several kingdoms, the principal one comprising today’s capital of Ouagadougou. Along with the singing griots, the evening storytellers pass on the ancestral word during the evening gatherings where they provide the group with models to follow. The folktale is the most appropriate form for teaching young children to express themselves, to structure (...)

  • Riddles, Folktales and Proverbs from Cameroon

    2010, author(s)-editor(s) Comfort Ashu
    In the olden days, after a day’s work in the farms, children and parents returned home feeling worn out. As a sort of evening entertainment, children of the same family, compound or village then gathered round a story-teller to listen to folk tales and riddles. This was common in every African home. The listeners participate with joy by joining in the songs and choruses. Sometimes the children were given the opportunity to tell stories that they had known while the adult story-teller (...)

  • The Egg Polisher and Other Tales

    2010, author(s)-editor(s) Funwi F. Ayuninjam
    This collection represents, in substance and style, folk tradition in the North-West Region of Cameroon. Contained herein is a sampling of various human emotions, parental concerns, and societal conflicts: emotional insecurity, deceit, obstinacy, power and control, trickery, malevolence, greed, jealousy, and more. The stylistic representation is reflected in the double writing, as shown by the dialogues, the songs, and the use of choruses. These tales are ageless, placeless, and, therefore, (...)

  • Laughing Store: A Treasury of Entertainment

    2010, author(s)-editor(s) Linus Asong
    Laughing Store is just what we need in times of troubles and uncertainties such as these. A book of humour from an acclaimed master of laughter, it lifts our hearts and raises our spirits. Jokes that touch about every domain of existence - from sex to religion, from births to deaths, from politics to the beer parlour, from the courtroom to the hospital. And most important of all, conceived in the supremely original Cameroonian flavour of jokes. ISBN 9789956578320 | 166 pages | (...)