Hemley Boum returns to Cameroon's authoritarian years in new novel
In a Le Monde interview, the writer discusses "Nos vies sauvages," which follows those fighting for democracy under Paul Biya's regime.
The novelist Hemley Boum has published a new book, "Nos vies sauvages," set among people struggling for democracy in Cameroon, her native country, under the long authoritarian rule of Paul Biya, according to an interview published by Le Monde.
In the interview, Boum says she was not especially politicized as a young woman in Cameroon, but has since made up for it, and points to this novel as a particular expression of that shift.
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Hemley Boum, cité par Le Monde
Le Monde describes the book as the novel of those who fight for democracy in a country the paper calls smothered by Biya's authoritarian regime. No publisher, release date or further plot details were given in the source material.
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