Rencontres Essentielles: An MLA Text Edition

ISBN-13: 9780873527934 / Francuski / Miękka / 2002 / 88 str.

Therese Kuoh-Moukoury; Cheryl Toman; Cheryl Toman

Opis

Published in 1969, Recontres essentielles is the first novel by a woman of sub-Saharan francophone Africa. Therese Kuoh-Moukoury, of Cameroon, wrote it "to inspire other women to write." Its story of love, infertility, a failed marriage, and adultery looks at both interpersonal connections and national politics from a feminist perspective.In the introduction the volume editor, Cheryl Toman, provides valuable background with a discussion of African matriarchy, past and present; ethnic groups in Cameroon; interracial relationships; and polygamy as it affects women's roles in the family and their interaction with one another.