The Writer, Resistance, and Anticipation of Freedom
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The Writer, Resistance, and Anticipation of Freedom

The Works of Bill F. Ndi

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The Writer, Resistance, and Anticipation of Freedom

The Works of Bill F. Ndi

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Drawing on the ever contentious and antagonistic relationship between the writer and the state,  especially in the postcolony, the chapters assembled in this collection delineate Bill F. Ndi, the poet and playwright’s arduous and sometimes dangerous role as a custodian or guardian of the socioeconomics and politico-cultures of the Cameroonian postcolony and Africa at large. The chapters insist that granted The Cameroons’ quadruple experience of colonialism (through the Germans, the French, the British and La République du Cameroun), Cameroun and British Southern Cameroons’ history needs to purge itself of the epistemic and ontological violence of Francophonecentric historiography.

“Bill F. Ndi possesses a unique and powerful voice within the Cameroonian literary scene and this apposite volume of critical essays attempts not only to situate him properly within that domain but also to significantly augment his already considerable stature.” Sanya Osha, University of Cape Town, South Africa “Bill F. Ndi is an unapologetic and committed firebrand writer with a position that refuses to seek validation from the same who oppress and blackball black writing. Hassan Yosimbom’s book is a testimony to Ndi’s resolve to resist anything that stands in the way of his people’s freedom.” Koua Viviane, PhD. (Comparative literature, Limoges: France), College of Liberal Arts, Auburn University, Auburn Alabama. “This book is a work of the utmost importance to understand the subtleties and complexities of the anglophone Cameroonian crisis and ongoing civil war in the Cameroons.” Professor Aghi Bahi, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

 “In this book, Yosimbom delves into the intricate impact of imperialism by examining the works of Bill F. Ndi, a modern postcolonial writer of British Southern Cameroons extraction. The book is a compelling analysis of the relationship between writers and the state. It stresses the need to challenge Francophone-centric views and empower the marginalized and oppressed Anglophones in the Cameroons. Brought to the limelight is the rootedness of this historical imbalance and its perpetuation by Francophone-dominated regimes and the complicit panhandling Anglophone elites. Addressed are the themes of peace, identity, autonomy, resilience, and resistance…” Maimo Mary Mah, Development Communication Specialist/Consultant

Drawing on the ever contentious and antagonistic relationship between the writer and the state,  especially in the postcolony, the chapters assembled in this collection delineate Bill F. Ndi, the poet and playwright’s arduous and sometimes dangerous role as a custodian or guardian of the socioeconomics and politico-cultures of the Cameroonian postcolony and Africa at large. The chapters insist that granted The Cameroons’ quadruple experience of colonialism (through the Germans, the French, the British and La République du Cameroun), Cameroun and British Southern Cameroons’ history needs to purge itself of the epistemic and ontological violence of Francophonecentric historiography.

“Bill F. Ndi possesses a unique and powerful voice within the Cameroonian literary scene and this apposite volume of critical essays attempts not only to situate him properly within that domain but also to significantly augment his already considerable stature.” Sanya Osha, University of Cape Town, South Africa “Bill F. Ndi is an unapologetic and committed firebrand writer with a position that refuses to seek validation from the same who oppress and blackball black writing. Hassan Yosimbom’s book is a testimony to Ndi’s resolve to resist anything that stands in the way of his people’s freedom.” Koua Viviane, PhD. (Comparative literature, Limoges: France), College of Liberal Arts, Auburn University, Auburn Alabama. “This book is a work of the utmost importance to understand the subtleties and complexities of the anglophone Cameroonian crisis and ongoing civil war in the Cameroons.” Professor Aghi Bahi, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

 “In this book, Yosimbom delves into the intricate impact of imperialism by examining the works of Bill F. Ndi, a modern postcolonial writer of British Southern Cameroons extraction. The book is a compelling analysis of the relationship between writers and the state. It stresses the need to challenge Francophone-centric views and empower the marginalized and oppressed Anglophones in the Cameroons. Brought to the limelight is the rootedness of this historical imbalance and its perpetuation by Francophone-dominated regimes and the complicit panhandling Anglophone elites. Addressed are the themes of peace, identity, autonomy, resilience, and resistance…” Maimo Mary Mah, Development Communication Specialist/Consultant

Information

Publisher
Langaa RPCIG
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9789956553594
Print ISBN
9789956553112

Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Title page
  3. Copyright
  4. Notes on the Authors
  5. Dedication
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Table of Contents
  8. Preface
  9. Introduction: The Writer, Custodian of Resistance and Freedom in the Postcolony
  10. Chapter 1: (De)Constructing Hegemonic Integration and Francophonecentric Governance in Bill F. Ndi’s Worth their Weight in Thorns
  11. Chapter 2: Aestheticizing and Weaponizing Dissent for Development with liberation: A Critical Reading of Worth Their Weight in Thorns
  12. Chapter 3: Deuniversalizing Francophone Pedigrees and Pluriversalizing Anglophone Contagions in Bill F. Ndi’s Peace Mongers at War
  13. Chapter 4: Changing the Status Quo from the Margins in Bill F. Ndi’s Gods in the Ivory Towers
  14. Chapter 5: Bill F. Ndi’s Social Angst and Humanist Vision: Politics, Alienation and the Quest for Freedom in K’cracy, Trees in the Storm and Other Poems
  15. Chapter 6: All in a Name: Nomenclature in Francis B. Nyamnjoh’s The Travail of Dieudonné and Bill F. Ndi’s Gods in the Ivory Towers
  16. Chapter 7: Rising from the Ashes: Conflict and Repression in Bill F. Ndi’s Poetry
  17. Chapter 8: Mapping Topophilic and Topophobic Heterotopias in Bill F. Ndi’s Bleeding Red: Cameroon in Black and White
  18. Chapter 9: Bill F. Ndi’s Gods in the Ivory Towers: An Expression of Universal Academic Tragedy
  19. Chapter 10: Names and Nomenclatural Distortions as Dramatic Technique in Anglophone-Cameroon Literature
  20. Chapter 11: Allusions, Donald John Trump, and the Topsy-Turvy World of Bill F. Ndi’s DJT: Directionless Jumping Train
  21. Index
  22. Back cover

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