![]() ![]() We see this issue in Imbolo Mbue’s representation of Cameroon in her award-winning novel Behold the Dreamers. The problem with this shortlist, besides that there are numerous other brilliant writers worthy of mention, is that the first four of these authors are dead, and the other three write from abroad. ![]() Asong, Ferdinand Oyono, Imbolo Mbue, Calixthe Beyala, and Patrice Nganang. Quiz the average adult on the street about the best books they’ve read and familiar names ring out: Mongo Beti, Mbella Sone Dipoko, Linus T. The popular joke is that if you want to hide something from a Cameroonian, put it in a book. ![]() Like many aspects of Cameroonian life, its literature is often viewed as something that was once great, rather than an ongoing project that is still evolving. Dzekashu MacViban is introducing some of Cameroon’s most exciting writers to readers around the world. ![]()
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