Francis Nyamnjoh: January 2008

Introducing Francis Nyamnjoh

Francis B. Nyamnjoh is Associate Professor and Head of Publications and Dissemination with the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA).
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January 2008

(Book Review) A Nose for Money by Francis B. Nyamnjoh.

Reviewed by Owen B. Sichone, Research and Publication Head, OSSREA, Addis Ababa (First Published in OSSREA Bulletin Vol.IV, No.3, October 2007, pp. 44-45)

A Nose for Money. Francis B. Nyamnjoh. Nairobi, Kenya: East African Educational Publishers Ltd. 2006. [ISBN: 9966-25-427-7; Price: Kshs: 350 US$: 5 Euros: 4]

This is the story of the street savvy but (in school terms) poorly educated Prospere, a citizen of Mimboland (a sort of drunkard's haven) who manages through fate and drive and ambition (essential tools for the get-rich-or-die-trying entrepreneur) to change his life-station from beer delivery man to what Zambians would call a /prominent businessman/ with friends in high places.

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January 29, 2008 in My Books | Permalink | Comments (2)

"Souls Forgotten"; Francis Nyamnjoh's Latest Novel

Francis Nyamnjoh. Souls Forgotten . Bamenda, Langaa Publishers. 2008, 360 pages. Available on amazon.com and Michigan State University Press.

Nyamnjohforgotten_souls One day, Mama Ngonsu told her son: "Normally, a child grew up and stayed around to help his parents. The world has changed, and things are no longer as they used to be. Things must not be normal all the time, otherwise life would not be life." When Emmanuel Kwanga gets a University scholarship, he travels from the lake and hills of Abehema to the Great City. Everyone in the village has invested in him their hopes for the good life. When the life they've imagined is cut short by the University guillotine, Emmanuel Kwanga must struggle to make sense of what the good life means - for himself and for Abehema - in a world where things are no longer as they used to be.

This novel is about coming of age and coming to terms in Mimboland. It is also about the fragility of life and the strength of the human spirit. The filth and screaming splendor of the city and the perplexed tranquility of the village are juxtaposed, as the tension and conviviality between tradition and modernity are lived and explored.

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