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Quotes from The Poor Christ of Bomba — Mongo Beti

1932–2001 Cameroon

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It seems the more money they have the less they think of God.

The Poor Christ of Bomba (1956)

When the daughter dies, the son-in-law dies.

The Poor Christ of Bomba (1956)

But it's when we pity someone that we feel closest to them, and just now I certainly love him more than my own father.

The Poor Christ of Bomba (1956)

It was impossible for devils to live in men; men do as they please and the devil has nothing to do with it.

The Poor Christ of Bomba (1956)

....evangelizing the blacks is like taking an old water jug and trying to turn it into an amphora?...

The Poor Christ of Bomba (1956)

No one is interested any more, except the women. Only the women have religion in their blood; the men are completely indifferent. They claim that there's no difference between a Greek trader and a priest.......

The Poor Christ of Bomba (1956)

And why are they better Christians along the roads, unless it's because they are constantly exposed to the exactions of soldiers and chiefs, or the demands of forced labour? Here they know nothing of all these woes. If God would only send them a warning.

The Poor Christ of Bomba (1956)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Mongo Beti (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.