The ambassador used to come here often, say the young men rooting around with sticks in the undergrowth where the German cemetery used to be. But the treasures hurriedly hidden there by the colonial rulers before they fled are long since gone. And that’s how the road to Yaoundé eventually became overgrown, the area and its inhabitants were left to fend for themselves.
This stor...
In I Like Politics too, Marie Voignier continues her attentive exploration of countries where imaginary worlds, layers of history and present-day issues are intertwined – from post-communist East Germany (Hinterland, FID 2009) to Africa (L’hypothèse du Mokele Mbembé, FID 2011, Tinselwood, FID 2017). As borders are closing rather than opening, becoming not so much points of pass...
South-eastern Cameroon. A French zoologist investigates stories from pygmies about a prehistoric monster. For years, he has crossed the jungle back and forth looking for the unknown animal: the Mokélé-Mbembé, partly rhinoceros, partly crocodile, partly snake. His quest guarantees many humorous moments.
The Loch Ness monster, the abominable snowman, Bigfoot: they exist in myths,...