Tuesday, February 14, 2017

The Terrorism Virus (From the story "The Sweetest Madness" in the collection entitled "Me Before Them"

“Terrorists are not only those who believe they are chosen by God to commit mass murder in his name, but are also individuals, organizations, governments and other systems of faith or worship that also believe it is their exclusive right to deprive others of their lives, freedom, prosperity, peace and harmony. When the majority in their communities, states or nations acquiesce to this twisted notion of exclusiveness, the people too get infected by the bug of terrorism and become dehumanized in the process without knowing it."
Janvier Tchouteu

Monday, February 13, 2017

Aging (Quotes from the book "Me Before Them")

“You know you are getting old when yesterday turns out to be a fading memory you have difficulties recollecting, when today becomes a challenge that is hard to grasp and when tomorrow promises an uncertainty that you dread encountering.”


“Never go for someone that represents something that is more of a fantasy than reality in this crazy world of lonely people, unless it is for the shortest time possible, and unless you have clearly figured out an exit strategy.”


Me Before Them

Me Before Them

by Janvier Chouteu-Chando

Outlook on Cameroon (An excerpt from "Me Before Them")

...Based on the way things have developed in that country, Samuel looks more like a victim of the struggle than the hero he truly is, than the hero who gave his people a vision. He is like all the other dead heroes of that land, heroes who saw their splendid legacies denigrated by the evil system. I think Cameroon is one of those accursed countries on earth that may never be able to redeem itself unless there is intervention from above or from abroad. The only figures that seem to hold sway in that country are the scoundrels that give humanity a bad name, the superfluous men that are the curse of any country they dominate. Truth be told, Cameroon under the half-a century system is a complex country. Most of its good brains are out, and few Cameroonians in the Diaspora see anything good coming out of the country unless the mafia system is dismantled and unless power is taken away from the hands of the oligarchy, the comprador class that is nurtured by the global mafia where the Cameroonian and francophone African sector is managed by the scoundrels in the Elysee”...



Me Before Them

Me Before Them

by Janvier Chouteu-Chando

Friday, February 10, 2017

Giveaway Ebooks of the week