Village Rape - Its Sorrows and Happy Regrets is the story of a strongminded
and very ambitious iron-lady who stands against child-marriage
and its consequences. Given out in marriage at a tender age, Wako
is literary raped by her so-called husband which leads to the birth of a
son, Ndele. As curious as children can be, the latter grows up and gets
worried about the absence of a male fi gure at home. He starts asking his
mother questions on the where about of his father, and this creates a fuss
between mother and son. The unexpected questions from Ndele swipe
Wako off her feet, reminding her of the pains she suffered in the hands
of Ndele’s genitor. To challenge what she considers male chauvinism,
Wako decides to get an education. She travels to the United Kingdom
where she obtains a PhD and returns home to become a university
professor. The story will keep the reader spellbound and curious to know
what fate awaits the protagonist at the end.
Village Rape - Its Sorrows & Happy Regrets
Book category: Prose/novel
Number of pages: 171
Year of publication: 2023
ISBN: 978-9956-30-716-6
Alobwed’Epie was born at Ngomboku, Tombel Sub-Division, Kupe/Muanenguba Division S.W. Region ofCameroon. He studied at the University of Yaounde; obtained the BA, and “BEA” degrees in English and moved to Leeds University in England, where he obtained his Masters in Folkloristic and Dialectology. While in Leeds, he became infatuated with English folklore-ancient buildings, artifacts, songs (especially the ballad), soul music and Negro spirituals. Upon his return from Leeds, he enrolled for the PhD in English language studies but with a tilt more on Folkloristic which influenced his choice of topic - The Language of Traditional Medicine.
The topic was so multidisciplinary that it did not only yield data for its main focus (who spoke what language to whom, where, when, why and how; or the psychological impact of Language on its speakers) but also for literary creativity. After defending his PhD, Alobwed’Epie embarked on using literary data in poetry and created the Yaounde University Poetry Club. He soon realized that poetry was too restrictive as a channel of communication with his targeted audience. So, he switched to novel writing.
His published works include The Death Certificate, The Lady with a Beard, The Day God Blinked, The Lady with a Sting, The Bad Samaritan, What Next of Kin? Exhumed, Tried & Hanged, She seized the Balls, Patching the Broken Dream. He has also published a collection of poems titled Poems of Debacle