A Nose for Money

"Francis B. Nyamnjoh's A Nose for Money is a uniquely detailed presentation of the causes and consequences of political instability in Mimboland (Cameroonian) society since Re- Unification. The society that is depicted is one that can only breed diseased and demented leaders...Nyamnjoh exposes his sharp and resolute concern for the fate of Mimbolanders groaning under a tottering but oppressive socio-political structure. Captured in a farcical and even absurdist style, A Nose for Money is a serious study of social maladjustment and political power."

"A Nose for Money depicts the trajectory of life, particularly for Africans living in the West and Central region of the continent. The struggle from grass to grace and its concomitant travails is well demonstrated in this fictional piece on Prospere whose quest for wealth is something that is non-negotiable and a 'must- have'. The underlying thread and currency for purchasing power, influence and recognition as the book illustrates is wealth –physical financial and material wealth. You are somebody only if you are prosperous in material terms and nobody otherwise."

“…heir to a long line of witty satires on social life, especially out of Cameroon, …there is a certain affinity with Mongo Beti and Ferdinand Oyono which marks this book as out of Cameroon”

"...it wouldn't be inappropriate to say that Cyprian Ekwensi's Lajide in "People of the City" would serve as the most appropriate school master to Nyamnjoh's Prospére because he is the stuff of which modern polygamists should be made."