Open Letter to the Cameroonians, or The Second Death of Ruben Um Nyobé (1986)
Open Letter to the Cameroonians, or The Second Death of Ruben Um Nyobé is a political essay in which Mongo Beti revisits the legacy of Ruben Um Nyobé, the martyred hero of Cameroonian independence. Published by Éditions des Peuples noirs—the journal founded by Beti and his wife Odile Tobner—this essay questions the betrayed commitments following independence.
Sources
- « Mongo Beti », Encyclopédie Universalis, https://www.universalis.fr/encyclopedie/mongo-beti/
- African Studies Centre Leiden, « Mongo Beti dossier », https://www.ascleiden.nl/content/webdossiers/mongo-beti
- Open Library, https://openlibrary.org/works/OL740300W