Behold The College Girls

Mary Ngu

Description

Behold The College Girls is the story of how students in an exclusive girls' mission boarding school interact with one another, on the one hand, and with their principal and staff, on the other. It portrays the power play between senior and junior level students, particularly the obstinate Form 2 students. Other struggles show students taking on the challenge of inadequate meals as well as the prohibition to entertain romantic relations with boys of other colleges within the city. It equally highlights key events like spending a day with boys, and the Vocational Week aimed at recruiting reverend sisters. The story brings to the fore the shared views of four key actors on main occurrences, with one of them featuring in every event, and thanks to whom the setting changes from the college campus to the outside world, particularly the village. In the closing chapter, readers cannot help but sympathise with the key protagonist due to the quandary she is facing- to pursue higher education or not, and if so, where? Thus, Behold The College Girls ends with a suspense. Answers can only be supplied through a sequel.

Sujets

• Young-adult fiction
• Children's

Informations

• Publié par: Langaa RPCIG
• Date de parution: 01 octobre 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9789956552986
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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hand, and with their principal and staff, on the other. It portrays the

obstinate Form 2 students. Other struggles show students taking

city. It equally highlights key events like spending a day with boys, and the Vocational Week aimed at recruiting reverend sisters. The story brings to the fore the shared views of four key actors on main occurrences, with one of them featuring in every event, and thanks

world, particularly the village. In the closing chapter, readers cannot help but sympathise with the key protagonist due to the quandary

Thus, Behold The College Girls with a suspense. Answers can ends only be supplied through a sequel.

Cameroon. After graduating from high school, she pursued her education at Yaoundé University, where she studied Modern Letters. She obtained her BA and Maîtrise in English, and years later an MA in Information & Communication Sciences. By then she was already working as a reporter, desk editor, programme presenter and news anchor at Radio Cameroon which later became Cameroon Radio Television, CRTV. Mary enjoys writing. Apart from numerous articles published in local newspapers and foreign magazines, Mary has written two poetry collections, E arth, Breath & Touch: Inspirational Poems for the Beloved Escape from Prison . She is also the My Foolishness Prevails: How I became the Star of My Own Epic , her memoir.

Behold the College Girls

Mary Ngwebong Ngu

Mary Ngwebong Ngu

Behold The College Girls Mary Ngwebong Ngu

Langaa Research & Publishing CIG Mankon, Bamenda

Publisher: LangaaRPCIG Langaa Research & Publishing Common Initiative Group P.O. Box 902 Mankon Bamenda North West Region Cameroon [e-mail] www.langaa-rpcig.net Distributed in and outside N. America by African Books Collective [e-mail] www.africanbookscollective.com

ISBN-10: 9956-552-14-3

ISBN-13: 978-9956-552-14-6

©Mary Ngwebong Ngu 2021 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical or electronic, including photocopying and recording, or be stored in any information storage or retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher

About this Book

Behold The College Girls is the story of how students in an exclusive girls’ mission boarding school interact with one another, on the one hand, and with their principal and staff, on the other. It portrays the power play between senior and junior level students, particularly the obstinate Form 2 students. Other struggles show students taking on the challenge of inadequate meals as well as the prohibition to entertain romantic relations with boys of other colleges within the city. It equally highlights key events like spending a day with boys, and the Vocational Week aimed at recruiting reverent sisters. The story brings to the fore the shared views of four key actors on main occurrences, with one of them featuring in every event, and thanks to whom the setting changes from the college campus to the outside world, particularly the village. In the closing chapter, readers cannot help but sympathize with the key protagonist due to the quandary she is facing— to pursue higher education or not, and if so, where? Thus,Behold The College Girls ends with a suspense. Answers can only be supplied through a sequel.

About the Author Mary Ngwebong Ngu was born in Santa, a village in Southern Cameroon. After graduating from high school, she pursued her education at Yaoundé University, where she studied Modern Letters. She obtained her BA and Maîtrise in English, and years later an MA in Information & Communication Sciences. By then she was already working as a reporter, desk editor, program presenter and news anchor at Radio Cameroon which later became Cameroon Radio Television, CRTV. Mary enjoys writing. Apart from numerous articles published in local newspapers and foreign magazines, Mary has written two poetry collections,Earth, Breath & Touch: Inspirational Poems for the Beloved, andEscape from Prison.She is also the author ofMy Foolishness Prevails: How I became the Star of My Own Epic Drama, her memoir.

Dedication To my parents, Sylvester Che Ngu, and Justina Bih Ngu And to my sister, Mafor Bridget

Acknowledgements I extend my initial gratitude to the young woman who chose to forego her personal self-improvement as well as youthful pleasures to sacrifice a chunk of her salary to sponsor me through college, my elder sister, Mafor Bridget. I equally extend my thanks to all my senior siblings for the extra support they gave me, namely, Aza Bertha, Che Vincent and Fon Munga while I was a student. My younger siblings, Ngum Delphine, Azunda Odilia, Fruawah Grace, and Chi Augustine provided constant support and deep affection only possible in an exemplary family. How can I thank my father, Ngu Sylvester Che, who braved all criticism from fellow villagers, to educate his children, especially the girls? Alongside his firm resolve, my mother, Bih Justina, gladly wore faded clothes to ensure that her girls would have school fees. I will not be able to name all the neighbours and extended family members who gave me timely help, from hosting me, giving me bundles of needed food and precious coins to buy a pen or to hiring a taxi at critical moments. Among them are my uncle Mr. Max Fru Munga, my cousins, Mrs. Helen Siche Asongwe Chumba, and Mrs. Monica Mangwi Asongwe Tantoh. Manyi Tenda Rose Tange, Ma Paulina Ngwekeum Tange, mothers from the big compound next door, wives of my father’s elder brother. Florence Fruawah Tange, and Rose Ngihkwihi Tange, my father’s nieces. Ma Susana Lum Ndimah, and Ma Rufina Bihnyui Ndimah Nsuh, my mother’s cousins. Ma Martha Nganteuh, and Mami Kein Ngong, Ma Sohngwe Ngong, our neighbours. Mami Mary Mangay Nwana, my father’s niece, who was forever grateful to him for having babysat her. Immense gratitude to my nephew, Ayeemelee Durrell Waji, who spurred me on after he read the first scripts. The joy and excitement he expressed, chapter after chapter, put a high value