← Ferdinand OyonoHouseboyby Ferdinand OyonoNovella depicting daily humiliations of a houseboy serving a French colonial administrator in CameroonFind on Amazon↗About the authorFerdinand OyonoCameroonian novelist whose Houseboy and The Old Man and the Medal are biting satirical portraits of colonialism told from the perspective of the colonized. His black irony influenced a generation of African writers.More by Ferdinand OyonoThe Old Man and the MedalSatirical story about an African man's obsession with a colonial medal as symbol of belonging and respect→Chemin d'Europe→