Sous La Cendre Le Feu

Name: Jennie Yelena Itjoko Imele

Country: Cameroon

Language: French

Book tittle: Sous La Cendre Le Feu (Under the Ashes, Fire)

Author’s name: Evelyne Mpoudi Ngolle

Publisher’s name: Harmattan

Year of publication: 1990

SUMMARY:

‘’Sous la Cendre le Feu’’ is a book about Mina, a woman who feels insane. Hospitalized and isolated, that Cameroonian realizes that she is sinking into foolishness. In the book, a psychiatrist Dr Lobe encouraged her to reconnect the thread of her wounded past. Her madness starts when she knew that her husband Djimibri raped Fanny their daughter. Also, her husband cheated on the main character of the book with her sister Essebe. The author shows us there the status of African women, both wife and mother. This status is torn between tradition and modernity. Mina wanted to be faithful to the tradition and also be a good modern woman. However, she has to choose just one of them because of the community. The customs were the solely option she has. As far as she was telling her story, she gets over her madness.

RECOMMENDATION:

Evelyne Mpoudi Ngolle is a famous writer in the country. Her writing is based solely on the life in Africa. In her writing, she gives some advice for teenagers and even adults. In Cameroon, students read her books in High School. Most of them like reading because she is well-known and a great writer.