Quote of the day
The acceptance that all that is solid has melted into the air, that reality and morality are not givens but imperfect human constructs, is the point from which fiction begins.
Mongo Beti

Born: June 30, 1932
Died: October 8, 2001 (aged 69)
Bio: Alexandre Biyidi Awala, known as Mongo Beti or Eza Boto, was a Cameroonian writer.
Known for:
- Le pauvre Christ de Bomba (1956)
- Poor Christ of Bomba (1971)
- Ville cruelle (1954)
- Mission to Kala (1971)
- Cruel City: A Novel







