Ndongo Kamdem Alphonse
University of Uyo, Nigeria
Abstract
As a communicator, the writer must
abstain from a sort of euphoric writing that lays emphasis on the obscene,
without derision, and this, at the expense of the spiritual life. Man is made
of spirit and flesh, obviously. One cannot satisfy the body while ‘killing’ the
spirit, nor the spirit at the expense of the body. Happiness derives from the
perfect balance between the physique and the spirit, and far from being a bet,
it is the duty of humans to work to attain this equilibrium, both from
Christian and Islamic perspectives. This article examines not only the semantic
implications of the titles of Kourouma’s and Beyala’s Allah n’est pas obligé
and Seul le diable le savait, but also how the ‘neglect’ of God (that starts
with the titles), ‘flown at half-mast’, automatically leads man to ‘shirk’ and
carpe diem, without morality and without hope.
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