num_pages: 122
description: 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 an opportunity for progeny to keep alive a tested and cherished heritage of story-telling. This is truly innovative and culturally relevant entertainment that invites the reader to unchain her spirit to explore. Beatrice Fri Bime an international management consultant who enjoys humanitarian affairs holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater USA. A Cameroonian she has worked in Banking government national and international organizations and is author of Some Place Some Where. She lives with her family in Yaounde.
language: None
title: Mystique. a Collection of Lake Myths
publisher: Langaa RPCID