L'impair de la nation, a novel by Associate Professor of French Joseph Mwantuali, was reviewed on February 8, 2008, in Reperes, a Cameroonian newspaper. The book was published by Les Editions Cle in September 2007. The reviewer praises Mwantuali for "giving to the African Woman a place that few African authors have dared to give her: the position of president."
He also praises Mwantuali's "264-page novel [for its] marvelous mastery of narrative techniques [which allows] the deconstruction of all the ingredients that help to maintain and nourish [totalitarian] power." The review concludes that "with L'Impair de la nation, Mr. Joseph Mwantuali provides a proof that Africa can find resources and expertise in her women, who, as in many other parts of the world, have merged to this distinction of head of state."
He also praises Mwantuali's "264-page novel [for its] marvelous mastery of narrative techniques [which allows] the deconstruction of all the ingredients that help to maintain and nourish [totalitarian] power." The review concludes that "with L'Impair de la nation, Mr. Joseph Mwantuali provides a proof that Africa can find resources and expertise in her women, who, as in many other parts of the world, have merged to this distinction of head of state."
