ISBN | 9789956616497 |
Pages | 68 |
Dimensions | 203 x 127 mm |
Published | 2010 |
Publisher | Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon |
Format | Paperback |
Obili Blues
Le sel offert au miel
by Ada Bessomo
Obili, quartier du sud de Yaoundé, capitale camerounaise, est pour Ada Bessomo le symbole même de l’amer. Comment réconcilier en pareil lieu l’estime de soi, l’appel de jours meilleurs et l’amour d’un pays qui gonfle ses muscles contre votre souffle, comme pour éprouver votre patience, étrangler son propre avenir?
We henceforth would open our eyes, as obscene dancers of moving kidneys, as songs burning with sexual aches, alarm bells in the stomach of emptiness, today constitute our revolution. For Ada Bessomo, Obili, a residential area in Yaounde, capital of Cameroon, is the epitome of bitterness itself. How does one, in such a context, reconcile self esteem, a recollection of better days and love for a country that flexes its muscles against your breath, almost as if to test your patience, to suffocate its very future?