Mission to Kala

Mongo Beti

earliest edition we have, 1957 Buchet Chastel, 1999 paperback 255 pages

African writers series — book 13

"Having failed his examinations at college, Medza returns to his village in the Southern Cameroons in some trepidation. But to his surprise he finds that as a scholar (even a failed one) his prestige is immense. A young woman has run off with a man from another tribe: so Medza is entrusted with the delicate task of retrieving her. When he reaches her village he has to wait for her return from another adventure, so he...

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Editions we hold

Mission to Kal edition · 2008 · Mallory International Limited · 176 pages · 9781856571098
Mission to Kala edition · 2005 · Heinemann Education
Mission terminée paperback · 1999 · Buchet Chastel · 255 pages · 9782283018002
Mission to Kala edition · 1982 · Heinemann · 192 pages · 9780435900137
Mission terminée edition · 1957 · Buchet/Chastel

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