Overview
Region
Central Africa
Cameroon
Era
Contemporary
Language
French
Genre
Fiction
About This Work
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.
Literary Significance
Beti's most ambitious political novel; a tribute to the martyred anti-colonial hero Um Nyobe