Pentecostal Hubris As Parable For Theatre: A Review of Francis Nyamnjoh's The Convert

Reviewed By Bate Besong - The Post No 611 of Friday, Oct. 22, 2004.

Francis Nyamnjoh (2003). The Convert, Botwana, Mmegi Publishing House, 44pp.

Preliminary Remarks
Professor Francis B. Nyamnjoh’s academic and creative writing itinerary has embraced a wide range of subjects and moods. The topography of Mind Searching (1991) and its sequel The Disillusioned African (1995), for instance, fundamentally explore fragmented landscapes in which ethnic consciousness; bigotry, exclusivist sentiments and narrow-minded irredentism have become the determinants of an evolving material culture.