The Barn

Introduction

32 Introduction Exhausted and disappointed on the 79th successive day at his failure to get the Almighty God to accept his invitation to dine with him here on earth Mandi castigates, lambastes and condemns God's unconcerned attitude towards his demand. He levies charges against God and finally declares there is no God. On this same 79th day, ironically, God talks to Mandi, fixes the day, place and time for the dinner, and requests the presence of some dignitaries of different religious denominations at the said dinner. Does what happen to Mandi, from the moment God talks to him to the end of the episode, tie-in with the author's concept of God's form and being to be that of any human being; consequently, the good or evil, man metes on fellow man is meted on God? A play for people of all walks of life, especially those in authority and for the spiritual and moral formation of the young. The premier presentation of this play on November 7, 1999 in the Synod Hall Buea, by the Musinga Drama Group was in honour of the induction of the Moderator and Synod Clerk of the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon (PCC), the Rt. Rev. Nyansako-Ni-Nku and Rev. Dr. Festus A. Asana respectively. Kwo Victor Elame Musinga ...