It was impossible for devils to live in men; men do as they please and the devil has nothing to do with it. - Mongo Beti

In our country what Europeans describe as ‘adultery’ (a word loaded with heavy Puritanism) doesn’t on the whole provoke really violent reactions, even if people aren’t entirely indifferent to such peccadilloes.

When the daughter dies, the son-in-law dies.

No one is interested any more, except the women. Only the women have religion in their blood; the men are completely indifferent. They claim that there's no difference between a Greek trader and a priest.......