The Poor Christ of Bomba

 

Mongo Beti (translated by Gerald Moore)

 

Fiction.   In Bomba the girls who are being prepared for Christian marriage live together in the women’s camp. It is not clear whether the girls have to stay in the women’s camp for such long periods for the good of their souls or for the good of the mission-building program. Only gradually does it become apparent that the local churchmen have also been using the local girls for their own purpose.

Emecheta, Kehinde Equiano, Equiano's Travels