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A review by clarereadstheworld
Mission to Kala by Mongo Beti
3.75
This is the story of a young boy who is failing his education at the colonial school, and is sent off on a mission to the village of Kala to retrieve his cousins wife who has run off home.
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Throughout his time in Kala waiting for hia cousins wife to return so he can take her home Jean-Marie spends time getting to know his cousin, learning about village life, and growing as a person.
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I really enjoyed the insight this books gives into life in Cameroon, and especially the split between city and village life. Having received an education in the city Jean Marie is instantly welcomed as a very important person by the very villagers he looks down upon as simple and uneducated. Though he does gradually come to understand and respect the villagers, the dangers and harms to colonialism are very much laid bare in this book.
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Sadly the female characters had very little to say of do in this story, even the wife of the main character, and the original wife whoes running away started the whole story have very little to say, and hardly featured in the narrative, which was a little disappointing, but reflective of Cameroon culture.
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Overall a very interesting read.
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Throughout his time in Kala waiting for hia cousins wife to return so he can take her home Jean-Marie spends time getting to know his cousin, learning about village life, and growing as a person.
.
I really enjoyed the insight this books gives into life in Cameroon, and especially the split between city and village life. Having received an education in the city Jean Marie is instantly welcomed as a very important person by the very villagers he looks down upon as simple and uneducated. Though he does gradually come to understand and respect the villagers, the dangers and harms to colonialism are very much laid bare in this book.
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Sadly the female characters had very little to say of do in this story, even the wife of the main character, and the original wife whoes running away started the whole story have very little to say, and hardly featured in the narrative, which was a little disappointing, but reflective of Cameroon culture.
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Overall a very interesting read.