In our country what Europeans describe as ‘adultery’ (a wor… - Mongo Beti

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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.

Mongo Beti

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About Mongo Beti

Alexandre Biyidi Awala (30 June 1932 – 8 October 2001), known as Mongo Beti or Eza Boto, was a Cameroonian author and polemicist. Beti has been called one of the most perceptive French-African writers in his presentations of African life.

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Pen Names: Eza Boto

Birth Name: Alexandre Biyidi Awala

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