Mongo Beti et la condition humaine en Afrique

Authors

Hervé Tchumkam, Southern Methodist University

Abstract

Although the importance of history in Mongo Beti’s work is well established, research is less prolific on the vision that this Cameroonian writer had of the future of the African people. Yet his work, inspired by everyday life and anchored in the immediate history of the African continent, is strewn with precise reflections on the future of the Black world. The present article explores in Beti’s critical and literary production the foundations of an “omniprésent présent” (François Hartog, Régimes d’historicité, 2003) which highlights another obsession, that of a dream of self-determination and prosperity for the African peoples. By drawing parallels with current sociopolitical developments in Sub-Saharan Africa, the study concludes with Rubenist pragmatism as the ultimate step in forging the future.

Recommended Citation

Tchumkam, Hervé (2022) "Mongo Beti et la condition humaine en Afrique," Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature: Vol. 99: No. 1, Article 11.
Available at: https://crossworks.holycross.edu/pf/vol99/iss1/11