TY - BOOK ID - 77944962 TI - Mystique PY - 2009 SN - 1283198355 995671660X 9786613198358 9956716723 9956615218 9789956716722 9789956558216 9956558214 PB - Mankon, Bamenda [East Lansing, Mich.] Langaa Research & Pub. CIG Distributed in N. America by Michigan State University Press DB - UniCat KW - Cameroonian fiction (English) KW - Mythology, African UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77944962 AB - In Cameroon and Africa, lakes are sacred and often secret places. They fascinate curiosity and have often served as repositories of local histories, memories and dreams. In Mystique, Bime offers the reader a rich and seductive menu of reflection on the significance of legends and myths on and around lakes in Cameroon, Ghana, Benin and Tanzania. She tells her stories with the talent and elegance of a writer who does not only have an ear for what others tell her but who also has the ability to transform what she hears into something uniquely hers and truly universal. Mystique is a must-read and ER -