Patrice Nganang

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When the Plums Are RipePaperback, 1 December 2020

When the Plums Are Ripe
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Print Length
368 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Picador USA
Date Published
1 Dec 2020
ISBN-10
1250619610
ISBN-13
9781250619617

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The second volume in a magisterial trilogy, the story of Cameroon caught between empires during World War II

In Cameroon, plum season is a highly anticipated time of year. But for the narrator of When the Plums Are Ripe, the poet Pouka, the season reminds him of the "time when our country had discovered the root not so much of its own violence as that of the world's own, and, in response, had thrown its sons who at that time were called Senegalese infantrymen into the desert, just as in the evenings the sellers throw all their still-unsold plums into the embers." In this novel of radiant lyricism, Patrice Nganang recounts the story of Cameroon's forced entry into World War II, and in the process complicates our own understanding of that globe-spanning conflict. After the fall of France in 1940, Cameroon found itself caught between Vichy and the Free French at a time when growing nationalism advised allegiance to neither regime, and was ultimately dragged into fighting throughout North Africa on behalf of the Allies.

Moving from Pouka's story to the campaigns of the French general Leclerc and the battles of Kufra and Murzuk, Nganang questions the colonial record and recenters African perspectives at the heart of Cameroon's national history, all the while writing with wit and panache. When the Plums Are Ripe is a brilliantly crafted, politically charged epic that challenges not only the legacies of colonialism but the intersections of language, authority, and history itself.

Product Details

Author:
Patrice Nganang
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
1 December 2020
Dimensions:
21.84 x 14.22 x 2.03 cm
Genre:
African
ISBN-10:
1250619610
ISBN-13:
9781250619617
Language:
English
Location:
New York
Pages:
368
Publisher:
Weight:
430.91 gm

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