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Revision with unchanged content. Bella, Obame Afane s first wife, is barren. His parents force him to remarry with a fertile wife, Awudabiran. Upon Obame Afane s death, the family council decides that the late teacher s young brother, Nguema Afane inherits the widow. Nguema Afane is polygamous, alcoholic, unemployed, irresponsible and slothful whereas the late teacher was caring and responsible. Will Awudabiran agree with the council s decision? Through the triad Ntsame Afane, the late teacher Obame Afane, and his widow Awudabiran, this play shows the wailers performance of Fang pre-colonial memory in confrontational relations with citizenship. They expose the need for a balanced re-definition of cultural identity in the predatory world that Nsing embodies. The widow s final reward of the byere statute in recognition of her pride as a good citizen equalizes the interactions between cultural identity and citizenship. This play is an interrogation of a person s role as global citizen within a nation as well as internationally: Where do I stand? How useful am I to my nation, to the global world? And to future generations? The book is addressed to middle and high school students as well as scholars and students of African literature, visual arts and socio-cultural discourses.

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holds a PhD in Francophone African Literatures (2007) from the University of Michigan. Currently she works as a substitute teacher in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti and Washtenaw Public Schools Systems in the State of Michigan, USA. She was a lecturer at the Institut National des Sciences de Gestion in Libreville-Gabon between 1990 and 2000.

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