God was African (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789956792405)

When Kendem, a varsity instructor, returns to his native Lewoh countryside where he spent his childhood, he is seeking relief from the complexity of human civilization after attending the Fulbright Institute in the United States. Instead, he is confronted with two seething issues: how to reveal to his sick and troubled mother the situation in which he finds his elder brother, the successor of Mbe Tanju-Ngong's household, who travelled to the United States many years before and had never returned and the dispute over Fuo Beyano's funeral which is tearing the land apart, whether the deceased village chief, should be given a Christian burial or he should, according to the age-old tradition of Lewoh people, go through a ritual to enable him return and continue ruling his people.

Author: Nkemngong Nkengasong
ISBN-10: 9956792403
ISBN-13: 9789956792405
Publisher: Langaa RPCID
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2014
Pages: 294
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.73d