20th-century Cameroonian literature
African women's writing
Cameroonian feminist writers
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francophone literature
Product details
- ISBN 9780873527941
- Weight: 300g
- Dimensions: 143 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jan 2002
- Publisher: Modern Language Association of America
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Published in 1969, Essential Encounters is the first novel by a woman of sub-Saharan francophone Africa. Thérèse 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.
