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Résumé
Dans cet essai, je considère le retour de Mongo Beti au Cameroun après son exil en France comme une expérience d’aliénation que l’auteur cherche à surmonter en raison de son besoin d’appartenance à sa communauté d’origine. Si les conséquences de son éloignement et la souffrance de se sentir marginalisé dans une société soumise à la dictature sont bien compréhensibles, il faut cependant reconnaître que l’aliénation est aussi une source de motivation, un dilemme à dépasser et une interpellation à laquelle répondre. La volonté de dépassement de Mongo Beti est justement liée à sa croyance d’appartenir à un projet plus vaste que sa personne : celui d’une véritable libération nationale, d’une lutte pour la démocratie et l’avènement de la justice sociale.
Abstract
In this essay, I consider Mongo Beti’s return to Cameroon after his exile in France as an experience of alienation that he attempts to overcome because of his need to achieve a sense of belonging in his community of origin. Although it is not difficult to understand how the consequences of his separation from home were disturbing and how it was painful for him to feel marginalized in a society dominated by dictatorship, it is equally necessary to recognize that his alienation was also a source of motivation, a problem to solve, an inter-pellation to which he felt compelled to respond, a dilemma to overcome. His motivation to overcome these challenges derived precisely from his belief that he belonged to something larger than himself, to a national project of meaningful liberation, to a struggle for democracy, to an effort to bring about social justice.
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