by Daniel Mengara
This novella was a pleasant surprise. It’s told from the perspective of a boy who grew up in a traditional village society in Gabon, and the beginning didn’t seem to bode well due to some repetition and meandering. But it soon hits its stride, and once I realized that the style of storytelling, with...
Gabon.Superficially, Mema is a story of a boy's relationship with his mother, from whom he is removed by relatives following the death of his father and two sisters. However, it's also the story of the colonial experience of being taken away from mother, home, and community; brought up as a lower st...
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