My Kingdom for a Guitar
A Novel

Kidi Bebey (Author), Karen Lindo (Translated by)

9780253057853

Paperback / softback, published 5 October 2021

230 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.34 kg

My Kingdom for a Guitar is a novel based on the remarkable life of Cameroonian-born writer and musician Francis Bebey. Born in Douala, Cameroon, Bebey studied in Paris and New York. He found fame when his first novel, Le Fils d'Agatha Moudio (Agatha Moudio's Son), was published in 1967, and that fame continued to grow with the release of his first album in 1969. He would go on to become one of the best-known singer-songwriters of Africa, whose groundbreaking style merged Cameroonian makossa with classical guitar, jazz, and pop.