"Former German colony, Cameroon is divided between France and England in 1918. After the independence gained in 1960, begin political intrigues that will plunge this country in an endless state emergency. This is the beginning of a hidden history that, however, will be the founding of the "Françafrique". The fate of a country is at stake, but also that of a family: an indigenous dynasty with characters with powerful contours, indomitable men deeply attached to their values. People who are fighting hard but must also deal with the new powers that are tearing themselves apart in a merciless war. Faced with clever colonial maneuvers, nationalists, newly arrived at business and little seasoned in political and military confrontations, will have to go to battle without weapons and no real strategy. A prince, whose father was an officer of the Deutsches Herr under the German occupation, devotes his life to the search for the click that will awaken the sleeping conscience of a continent. Many characters evolve in this story which constitutes a true metaphor of one hundred years of uncertainty of an Africa in search of landmarks."-- Translation of page 4 of cover by Balland.
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