The Usurper: and Other Stories

The Usurper: and Other Stories is an engaging collection cutting across race, culture, religion and creed. In these short stories portraying a unique perspective of traditional Cameroonian life in the context of the modern world:
• The son of a prince maneuvers his way to become the new king. Is he of royal blood? (The Usurper).
• A reputable juju buckles under the threat of a mad cow, despite his powers to crush anything and anybody on its path. (Ngoko's Folly).
• A clan head abuses his position, squanders the wealth that has been passed down from generation-to-generation until his angry ancestors judge him. (The Verdict of Hades).
• The jaded womanizer loses the woman of his heart despite her love, and then rues afterwards for failing to find happiness. (The Oaf).
• A king defends himself in a French administrative court for marrying off his unhappily married granddaughter to his notable. How valid are his traditional powers of disposition in the colonial era? (His Majesty's Trial).
• A young king derives his niece of the joy of her conjugal home. How correct is her half-brother in dragging the king to the colonial court? (The Dowry).
• A melancholic reflects on a past marked by affluence and betrayal. (I am Hated).
The stories touch on fierce love, loyalty, kinship, betrayal, war, peace, tradition, and the mysterious. Above all, they reveal the redeeming powers of our human values.