Francis Nyamnjoh: September 2008

About Francis Nyamnjoh

Francis B. Nyamnjoh is Professor of anthropology at the University of Cape Town in South Africa
Department of Social Anthropology University of Cape Town
5.23 Arts Building
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Rondebosch 7701
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September 2008

A Concoction of Paradoxes – A Review of "The Disillusioned African" by Francis B. Nyamnjoh

By Kangsen Feka Wakai (Originally published in Palapala Magazine)

Francis B. Nyamnjoh. The Disillusioned African. Langaa Publishers, 2007. 264 pages

Meet Charles, able-bodied African male of decent character with Herculean aspirations. Born sometime before independence swept through the continent; sometime before its echoing chants became the refrain of daily discourse; he is witness to the political and economic sameness of his world as it assumes different names but holds on to an ancient personality—tyranny.

An aspiring philosopher with the eye of an amateur anthropologist; Charles is a man of his time with a worldview molded by a ceaseless current of historical, socio-economic and political forces. It is the collision of these forces that compel him early on in his correspondence to make this confession:

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