Collected Plays: Volume 2

by Bate Besong

Bate Besong has long been considered one of Cameroon’s most talented and misunderstood playwrights. His work questions collective identities, unearthing suppressed narratives and re-examining the past and present. Once Upon Great Lepers explores various divergences through grotesque images, songs and metaphors. In The Banquet, the ideologies of both historical and contemporary figures are a springboard for an examination of the past and present. Change Waka & His Man Sawa Boy is an ironic celebration of evil in human nature and a most impactful critique of contemporary society, grounded in irrational darkness.

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Published May 8, 2022