GCELiterature in EnglishAfrican Prose2024

The central conflict in Mongo Beti's Mission to Kala revolves around

Aa young man's attempt to retrieve a relative's runaway wife from a traditional villageCORRECT
Bthe struggle between Christian missionaries and traditional religious leaders
Ca colonial administrator's efforts to impose taxation on a resistant community
Da student's rebellion against his father's authority in a Cameroonian town
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In Mission to Kala, the protagonist Medza is sent to the remote village of Kala to retrieve the wife of a relative who has run away there. His journey becomes a comic and ironic exploration of the contrast between Western-educated Africans and those who have remained in traditional society. The mission itself is the narrative engine that drives the plot.
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