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What a Next of Kin!
Author(s): Alobwed'Epie (Author)
- Publisher: Langaa RPCID
- Publication Date: 1 July 2010
- Language: English
- Print length: 166 pages
- ISBN-10: 9956616621
- ISBN-13: 9789956616626
Book Description
This psycho-anthropological and socio-cultural novel logically and succinctly x-rays the foundations and raison d’Ítre of patriarchy through the implied questions – Is wealth the basis of patriarchy? Have women any role in the system? And how far can a patriarch protect his lineage from alien blood? The extremely wealthy father of eight daughters protagonist Ndi, says yes, to the first question; no, to the second; and in the third questions he says, through dogged pursuance of looking for a male heir by any means; but his lone son whom he unknowingly begot in a remote village in his early life and whom he accidentally stumbled upon and adopted as his heir in his odyssey of looking for a male heir through a series of marriages, says no, to the first question; yes, to the second and to the third question, he says fate is the umpire; and succeeds in convincing his father that he is right.
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About the Author
Alobwed’ Epie was born at Ngomboku in Kupe-Muanenguba Division, S.W. Region of Cameroon. He was educated at the Universities of Yaounde and Leeds. He teaches Creative Writing at the University of Yaounde. What a Next of Kin! Is his 7th Novel.
