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Cameroon: House of Falling Women

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 @ 19:57 UTC

by Ndesanjo Macha

Countries:: Cameroon
Topics:: Gender, Literature
Languages:: English

Cameroonian blogger, Rosemary Ekosso, publishes a book titled “House of Falling Women”: “House of Falling Women is the story of a young woman with quixotic ideas about improving the lot of women who finds out that that the crusader’s cloak is an uncomfortable one.”

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