Agatha Moudio's Son

by Francis Bebey

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Mbenda, a young fisherman is in love with a modern young woman from a neighboring village. By tradition, a man marries the woman his father choses for him. Mbenda decides to marry both, which is allowable in his village, but that means his modern wife and his traditional wife must live together, and Mbenda will be in the middle.… (more)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Francis Bebey	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Hutchinson, Joyce A.	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Fils d'Agatha Moudio

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Mbenda, a young fisherman is in love with a modern young woman from a neighboring village. By tradition, a man marries the woman his father choses for him. Mbenda decides to marry both, which is allowable in his village, but that means his modern wife and his traditional wife must live together, and Mbenda will be in the middle.

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