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Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press

LA CICATRICE, by Gilbert Doho

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LA CICATRICE, by Gilbert Doho

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The Scar recounts the history of French “Punitive Expedition” in the Bamiléké and the “Pacifi cation” of the Bassa land. It is a caustic indictment of French military eradication of “Maquisards” the freedom fighters in the 1950s Cameroon. The Scar exposed the scars of a merciless war that Frantz Fanon equated to the Algerian massacres. It’s a personalnarrative of two survivals, two youngsters living atthe margin of a nation thrusted into the hands of handpicked French puppets. The Scar is a call for a complete destruction of colonial monuments present in most Francophone cities.

 

La Cicatrice est une plongée dans de l’histoire de l’« Expédition punitive »” en paysBamiléké et de la « Pacifi cation » du pays Bassa. C’est une caustique exposition de la campagne militaire menée par l’armée coloniale française contre les  « Maquisards », les soldats de libération du Cameroun dans les années 1950s. La Cicatrice expose lestraces d’une guerre sans merci que Frantz Fanon a mise sur le même plan que les massacres en Algérie. Ce roman narre la vie de deux rescapés de cette guerre, deux jeunes vivant en marge d’une nation remise à une clique de marionnettes au service de la France. La Cicatrice est un virulent appel à l’éradication complète des monuments coloniaux présents dans toutes les cités francophones.

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Gilbert Doho is Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies and Founding Director of Ethnic Studies Program in The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. He is the author of People Theater and Grassroots Empowerment in Cameroon published by Africa World Press in 2006. He has published numerous articles on African literatures, cultures and cinema in scholarly journals such as Presence Africaine, Presence Francophone, and Research in African Literatures.

 

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Fiction, Folklore/AFRICA

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