Universe Building Blocks Bertin Mbaku

A not-so-detailed review of Of Passion and Ink, edited by Dzekashu MacViban of Bakwa Books Cameroon. I walk through each of the ten short stories in the book, summarizing them and giving my thoughts. Here's one description of the book: "From Limbe, the seaside city, to Kolofata in the north of Cameroon, Of Passion and Ink moves from stories of star-crossed lovers, mental health, dark fantasy, displacement, speculative futures to radicalization. These stories subvert what is believed to be the Cameroonian short story and offer exciting new directions."


My recommendation? Read the book if you can. But you can still go ahead and listen to me talk about it for most of 45 minutes.



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The Fisherman's Diary is one of the first Cameroonian movies to be available on Netflix — the streaming giant. Not intending this to be a review, I decided to talk about the different aspects of the movie, especially the story.

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An enumeration of ten actors I think are the best of all time. For each actor, I try to explain why they are in my top ten and state the movie from which I first took note of how good of an actor they are. Please manage your expectations and know that the list is limited to my experience with movies and television. 

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This episode introduces the host of the Universe Building Blocks podcast, Bertin, and sheds a light on what to expect from this podcast in the coming episodes. Stay tuned.

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