Women's Gold

"Times were definitely changing. It was a question of who could hold her the hardest and the longest. What was somewhat abusively called "playing with the breasts". Mavoungou could not bear the scene that was unfolding before his eyes."

Captive of the Vili tradition in Congo, Bouhoussou is subjected to the rites of initiation of nubile girls. The young Mavoungou is in love with her. But the destiny of his beloved is to marry "the gold of women", a noble and very old man. In a rare intimacy, at the heart of an African society that is opening up, this novel shows us the shackles of a cruel tradition that desires, in flashes, divert.