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In Mind Searching Nyamnjoh has attempted to do something rather clever - to expose, through the attitudes, feelings and thoughts of one man and a very simple story, the hypocrisy and corruption of Cameroon society and humanity in general, often using understatement and irony in good effect. The comm...
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| Zusammenfassung: | In Mind Searching Nyamnjoh has attempted to do something rather clever - to expose, through the attitudes, feelings and thoughts of one man and a very simple story, the hypocrisy and corruption of Cameroon society and humanity in general, often using understatement and irony in good effect. The commentary is unremittingly cynical and returns again and again to corruption, callous squandering, exploitation, prostitution, and other fairly worn butts. The book depicts a society where basic freedoms are shackled, and thinking aloud treasonable. Hence the mental ramblings of the narrator and central character Judascious Fanda Yanda, in the form of an extended monologue full of observations, anecdotes and asides written from the point of view of an apparently insouciant naive. The basic method is to foreground the opinions and conversational elegance of the narrator, while having events going on as a background to his thoughts. We trace the narrator's progress from a disenchanted 'Damn? de la Terre' to a comfortably well off Private Secretary to a Vice Minister over a number of years. It is a clear illustration of how the system perpetuates its mediocrity and buys off any spark of initiative. Nyamnjoh has a good command of ironic tone and sound control over form and structure. He employs a very fluent style, and often has very urbane and neat turns of phrase. He captures the bored, superior, cynical and ultimately predatory tone of voice of his narrator extremely well. |
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| spelling | Nyamnjoh, Francis B., 1961- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97032660 Mind searching / Francis B. Nyamnjoh. 2nd ed. Bamenda, North West Province, Cameroon : Langaa, ©2007. 1 online resource (iv, 225 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Print version record. In Mind Searching Nyamnjoh has attempted to do something rather clever - to expose, through the attitudes, feelings and thoughts of one man and a very simple story, the hypocrisy and corruption of Cameroon society and humanity in general, often using understatement and irony in good effect. The commentary is unremittingly cynical and returns again and again to corruption, callous squandering, exploitation, prostitution, and other fairly worn butts. The book depicts a society where basic freedoms are shackled, and thinking aloud treasonable. Hence the mental ramblings of the narrator and central character Judascious Fanda Yanda, in the form of an extended monologue full of observations, anecdotes and asides written from the point of view of an apparently insouciant naive. The basic method is to foreground the opinions and conversational elegance of the narrator, while having events going on as a background to his thoughts. We trace the narrator's progress from a disenchanted 'Damn? de la Terre' to a comfortably well off Private Secretary to a Vice Minister over a number of years. It is a clear illustration of how the system perpetuates its mediocrity and buys off any spark of initiative. Nyamnjoh has a good command of ironic tone and sound control over form and structure. He employs a very fluent style, and often has very urbane and neat turns of phrase. He captures the bored, superior, cynical and ultimately predatory tone of voice of his narrator extremely well. Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Social change Cameroon Fiction. Cameroon Social conditions 1960- Fiction. Cameroun Conditions sociales 1960- Romans, nouvelles, etc. African history. bicssc FICTION General. bisacsh Social change fast Social conditions fast Cameroon fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJrrCCJKHyfBgbQyKWtR8C Since 1960 fast Fiction fast has work: Mind searching (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGVQTpP4D34kqjmMVjkr4m https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Nyamnjoh, Francis B., 1961- Mind searching. 2nd ed. Bamenda, North West Province, Cameroon : Langaa, ©2007 (OCoLC)170922996 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=410767 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Nyamnjoh, Francis B., 1961- Mind searching / Social change Cameroon Fiction. African history. bicssc FICTION General. bisacsh Social change fast Social conditions fast |
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| title_full | Mind searching / Francis B. Nyamnjoh. |
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| title_short | Mind searching / |
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| topic | Social change Cameroon Fiction. African history. bicssc FICTION General. bisacsh Social change fast Social conditions fast |
| topic_facet | Social change Cameroon Fiction. Cameroon Social conditions 1960- Fiction. Cameroun Conditions sociales 1960- Romans, nouvelles, etc. African history. FICTION General. Social change Social conditions Cameroon Fiction |
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