Literary analysis houseboy by ferdinand oyono cameroon. This book is written in the form of a diary kept by toundi, an innocent cameroonian houseboy who is fascinated and awed by the white world, the world of his masters. Nous assistons dabord au conflit qui oppose toundi a son pere. Ferdinand oyono, romancier camerounais francophone, est ne en 1929 a ngoulemakong. Download undergraduate projects topics and materials accounting, economics, education. As cameroons permanent representative to the united nations from 1974 to. It is told through a series of diaries, known as exercise books. Ferdinand leopold oyono was an author from cameroon whose work is recognized for irony that shows how easily people can be fooled. Rene julliard and translated into english in 1966 by john reed for heinemann s african writers series. Department of foreign languages and literary studies, university of nigeria, nsukka email.
A masterpiece of psychological acuity and ironic narration, the novel traces the short sorrowful life of toundi, an. Oct 16, 2019 the novel houseboy by ferdinand oyono is packed with obscenities. Julliard, 1960 accessrestricteditem true addeddate 20190529 22. He returned to cameroon after his studies in paris to become an.
Oyono s novels were written in french in the late 1950s and were only translated into english a decade or two afterward. Writing in french in the 1950s, oyono had only a brief literary career, but his anticolonialist novels are considered classics of 20th century african literature. Houseboy, by ferdinand oyono, is an epistolary novel focusing on the coming of age of an african boy. The novel houseboy by ferdinand oyono is packed with obscenities. Ce roman denonce linjustice des blancs a legard des noirs. The old man and the medal, written while he was studying law and administration in parisreflect the growing sentiment of anticolonialism. Ferdinand leopold oyono cameroonian statesman, actor, and. A masterpiece of psychological acuity and ironic narration, the novel traces the short sorrowful life of toundi, an african boy who leaves his native village to live at.