Mongo Beti

A satirical novel about a young educated man who returns to his village, critiquing both traditional village life and French colonial education.

A satirical novel depicting the destructive influence of French Catholic missionary activities in colonial Cameroon through the eyes of a young mission houseboy.

A sweeping political novel set in colonial Cameroon, following generations united by the memory of the assassinated independence leader Ruben Um Nyobe, as they resist the collusion between France and the new African elite.

A young Cameroonian doctor returns from France full of hope for independent Africa, only to find that the colonial structures have simply been inherited by new African elites.

Banda, a young man from the village, comes to the colonial city of Tanga and discovers its corruption, injustice, and exploitation. Beti's first novel, published under a pseudonym.