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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458234703321

Autore

Akombi Sammy Oke

Titolo

Wages of corruption [[electronic resource] /] / Sammy Oke Akombi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bamenda, Cameroon, : Langaa Research and Pub. CIG, c2009

ISBN

1-283-19870-3

9956-717-73-8

9786613198709

9956-717-85-1

9956-615-36-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (130 p.)

Soggetti

Political corruption - Africa

Corruption - Africa

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Foreword; The Politician; The Sacrificed Lunch Pack; Another Murder in the Cathedral; My Command at a Lamidat; The Barren Womb; Doctor Kalawa; My Money; Pastor Aduma's Concubine; The Wound of Justice; Brown Kaloka the Coxcomb; The Phoney Phone Call; Tension on an Arrival; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

Corruption is endemic in Cameroon. Twice, Transparency International have accorded the country the infamous first place in corruption. As one of many concerned Cameroonians, Sammy Oke Akombi was moved and they realized that something was in fact wrong somewhere and something had to be done somehow. This collection of short stories is his contribution to the collective resolve by concerned Cameroonians to wage a war against this most unusual friend of fairness. The stories seek to elicit awareness about a social ill that is ironically championed by the very politicians, functionaries, educator,