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Ntemfac A. N Ofege's New Book: Namondo (Child of the Water Spirits)

Ntemfac A.N. Ofege. Namondo. Child of the Water Spirits. Bamenda, Langaa publishers. November 2007. Available from Michigan State University Press and Amazon.com

Namondo

(Child of the Water Spirits)

The river gods dispatch Namondo, a liengu-la-mwanja or water spirit, to the land.

Mission : waste a deadly cult. The twin uses her magic ring to accomplish her task, but tragedy strikes at the last minute. The fearsome ring of the river must return to her son.

Namondo (Child of the Water Spirits) is a refreshingly different take of the perpetual battle between the good, the bad and the ugly.

Namondo’s story races, twists, turns and jumps from one emotion to another until the chilling conflagration on a bewitched train. This is mythology so vivid that it hums with life: powerfully descriptive, awesome, frightening, compelling, delightful, imaginative, penetrating and lingering.

The magic about Ntemfac A.N. Ofege’s impressive narration is this confident ability to weave such a sprightly tale, one combining yesterday and today; the dead and the living; tradition and modernity; scoundrel and righteous deities. Throughout the story, the reader will taste that uproarious extravaganza of Africa- vicious serpents and elephant-doubles.  Namond0 (Child of the Water Spirits) is simply a beautiful story well told.

Move over Things Fall Apart. Here comes the next generation of African writing.

Namondo (Child of the Water Spirits) can be ordered online.

Forty-three (43) Southern Cameroonians take UN Compound in Abuja Hostage

National Times update. Tuesday November 6, 2007.

Southern CamerooniansForty-three (43) Southern Cameroonians, some of them parents with children, today took the United Nations compound in Abuja, Nigeria hostage demanding that the UN look into the situation of Southern Cameroon. The Southern Cameroonians marched into the UN Compound early today and kept thge UN officials busy with their demands.

The Southern Cameroonians said that the United Nations illegally handed over their country to Frenbch Cameroun. They also complained about a wave of harassment and intimidation by the Nigerian police.