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    The Taboo Promise: See Front Cover Instructions
    The Taboo Promise: See Front Cover Instructions
    The Taboo Promise: See Front Cover Instructions
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    The Taboo Promise: See Front Cover Instructions

    By Joseph Anchangnayuoh Ngongwikuo

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    On a quest to pursue further studies, Kumato, a respectable son from Molumbu village in Cameroon, wins a Fulbright Scholarship to study in the United States. While his father welcomes this great news with pridefor his son to study abroadhis mother laments the loss of her only son to Western cultural values.

    Abroad, Kumatos conflicting emotions about the United States continue to haunt him. He becomes torn between respecting the traditions of his people and adhering to the emotional turmoil that tears him apart. Moreover, he falls passionately in love with Susan, a beautiful, blonde, white American.She left Washington, DC, to pursue a medical career in Carbondale, Illinois. Will Kumato forfeit his promise to his mother? Will Kumatos and Susans love stand the test of time?

    From the hills and valleys of Molumbu village to the campus of Southern Illinois University, The Taboo Promise shares an unusual American love story set in the late 1970s, a story that unfolds against a backdrop of interracial love, tolerance, and acceptance.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateDec 15, 2016
    ISBN9781532005374
    The Taboo Promise: See Front Cover Instructions
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    Joseph Anchangnayuoh Ngongwikuo

    Joseph Anchangnayuoh Ngongwikuo earned a PhD in linguistics from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. He returned to Cameroon in 1981 and throughout the years served in a variety of positions including technical advisor to the prime minister. Ngongwikuo died in 1996. He is survived by his wife Juliana Anchang, eight children, and many grandchildren.

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