The Earth Mother

Synopsis

vii Synopsis Kamsi, the Earth Mother visits the village of Nyong in the North West Region of Cameroon. She is 73 year old and has journeyed from afar. Her mission to Nyong village is to cleanse the village of all evil forces and diseases that have plagued the villagers for the past decades. After meeting with the village traditional ruler, she is given a small thatched hut to live in. It is here that villagers are instructed to come and be cleansed by her. She uses a mixture of boiled barks of trees and leaves in a large pot. A bowl is being used to dish out the liquid to the natives. Before the dish of liquid is handed over to anyone, she looks into the eyes and palms of the person and through an interpreter, identifies what maybe potentially wrong with the person. Those whose ill omens are too big are washed naked before the eyes of everyone. But a group of some notables in the village are not convinced of her supernatural gifts and are determined to expose her machinations. The chaos that ensued only goes to explain the state of affairs in the village. ...