Before Our Eyes
In this well-crafted narrative, Julius Angwah narrates with sullenness in his tone how a nation is ushered to its collapse by a gerantocratic system of rulership that has no regards for the ruled. Angwah is a veritable story-teller.
Kelvin Ngong Toh, PhD (Senior Lecturer of African Literature and Civilization, UBA)
Book Category: Novel / Prose
Year of Publication: 01-01-2019
Number of Pages: 181
Book ISBN: 978-995-645-464-8In this well-crafted narrative, Julius Angwah narrates with sullenness in his tone how a nation is ushered to its collapse by a gerantocratic system of rulership that has no regards for the ruled. Angwah is a veritable story-teller.
Kelvin Ngong Toh, PhD (Senior Lecturer of African Literature and Civilization, UBA)Before Our Eyes, is a critical and acerbic literary idiom on the tragic failure of political leadership in post-colonial societies.
Eric Nsuh Zuhmboshi PhD (Senior Lecturer of African Literature and Civilisation,UY1)There is no other book, recently written, that metaphorically dredges up with equanimity the socio-economic and political realities of the country. The author’s intrepid narration of the travails of his characters and their internal conflicts of choice is the continuation of an old story in modern times.
Elie Smith (Journalist)A dangerous attempt to unravel the hidden truths behind the past and present of two nations that became united by some historical confusion.
Eleanor Dasi PhD (Senior Lecturer of English and American Literature, ENS Yaounde)In this conscience-appealing contemporary African novel, W’Akere braves himself against all odds to find a lasting solution to the protracted conflict of cultural identity in his community.
Samuel Atechi (Professor of English Language Studies, UY1).Before Our Eyes is the summation of a political struggle for self-determination, skillfully woven in the kind of lucid register that makes it unputdownable.
Chia Jude K. (PhD researcher, UB).Born in English Cameroon, Julius Angwah obtained a BA in English Language and Linguistics from the University of Buea, a postgraduate diploma in education from the Higher Teacher Training College Yaoundé, an MA in English Language Studies from the University of Yaounde I, where he has just recently completed a PhD research on stances in West African and Asian climate change discourses. Before Our Eyes is his maiden publication.
