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561 works of pan-African thought. 7 matching current filters.

Mission to Kala
1957
Mongo Beti

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

Central AfricaFiction
The Poor Christ of Bomba
1956
Mongo Beti

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

Central AfricaFiction
Houseboy (Une Vie de Boy)
1960
Ferdinand Oyono

An epistolary novel told through diaries of a young African houseboy working for French colonials in Cameroon, exposing the hypocrisy and brutality of colonialism.

Central AfricaFiction
The Old Man and the Medal
1956
Ferdinand Oyono

The story of an elderly African man who has lost two sons fighting for France and expects to receive a medal, satirizing colonial exploitation and false promises.

Central AfricaFiction
Independence Day Speech
1960
Patrice Lumumba

Fiery speech delivered at Congo's independence ceremony denouncing Belgian colonial brutality and asserting African dignity, shocking King Baudouin.

Central AfricaSpeech
The Real Life of Domingos Xavier
1961
Jose Luandino Vieira

A factory worker is arrested and tortured by the PIDE secret police for nationalist activities. Written from prison, it tells of his wife's search through Luanda's musseques, the first great anti-colonial novel of Angolan literature.

Central AfricaFiction
The African
1963
Mongo Beti

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.

Central AfricaFiction