Balumakazi: Native

About the Book

Lumani is a kingdom with an obstructed destiny, some would say. Baluma, people of Lumani, are a people with steadfast spirituality, fervid traditional and cultural values, and beholden to an abounding history. They survive the threat of the slave takers, but by the end of the nineteenth century, their society is thrown into turmoil with the cobra invasion. In the midst of the confusion and chaos, heroes rise and fall as their societal fabric is thrown apart. The twentieth century ushers in with the trumpet of an elephant new challenges for a people completely oblivious to the challenges of the world without. The people’s resilience is repeatedly put to the test, and new heroes come forth who seem ordained for victory against the cobras, but through it all, will they make light of the cobra’s venom? The 1950s are decisive years in the kingdom’s history that pave a path for the twenty-first century, giving the Baluma yet another chance to determine their own destiny. Will they make the same mistakes? Or will they learn from history? Or perhaps, sow the seeds for a prosperous new beginning?

About the Author

Born on 7 April 1982 in the small town of Fiango, Kumba, South West region of Cameroon in Central Africa, Maidem was raised on the plateaux of the Adamawa region of Northern Cameroon with three siblings. Even though her love for literature was acute from a young age, it was for a very long time an undiscovered talent until a cocktail of boredom and an over activate mind-set led her to reconnect with the otherwise dormant talent. Maidem is a qualified public accountant and a certified fraud examiner who spends her after-work hours writing when she is not partying and loving life and the people around her.