Novel
Elonga
Not translated into English
Angèle Rawiri · 1980
Synopsis
Igowo, a young mixed-race teacher who spent his youth in Spain, where his father had emigrated, returns to settle in Africa and renews ties with his mother's family, whose death is blamed on Mbouma's witchcraft. Shortly after his arrival in Elonga, he marries Ziza, who runs a fashion house, and the couple quickly make friends; but the malice of the sorcerers soon darkens his future.
Context
The novel appeared in 1980 in Paris from Editaf, then was reissued by Silex in 1986, in 261 pages. Jean René Ovono Mendame reads it as a book about passionate love, which very often leads to death, and about witchcraft, in a society he calls Ntsempolonese. The author presented it in a filmed interview, broadcast in 1990 by the Organisation internationale de la francophonie.
Who it is for
A novel of 261 pages, in French, about the return home and witchcraft, available since 1986 in a second edition.
Prizes and reception
Regarded by Sima Eyi as the true first Gabonese novel, the one that opens women's writing in the country.
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