Disciples of Fortune—Janvier
Chando’s historical saga—is the gripping tale of the family and the world of Joseph
Nana Njike, the man known as the Maker:
the most powerful businessman, thinker and advocate of social solidarity
of his time in the heart of the African continent.
A soldier in the German colonial army in Kamerun adopts
whiz-kid Josef Nana Njike and takes him to Germany where he excels and
graduates from the prestigious Humboldt University as an agronomist. He returns
to his homeland without his son Hans.
Josef reconnects with his past, starts a family and makes unprecedented
sacrifices while building his business empire. He confronts the realities of
colonial rule without the protection of his benefactor, grapples with the
bizarre challenges of the rule of the new French masters, and experiences
losses without losing his vision for his people.
After Hans escapes the growing clout of Nazism and joins his
father and new family, Josef thinks he now has the last ace to make his greater
vision to come true. But as he observes the
birth and growth of the new generation, he wonders whether his descendants
would thrive in a land with a mysterious way of transforming heroes to victims
and villains to masters. Nevertheless, just like him, his family survives the
chaos that engulfs their world.
The zest of life, the search for its true meaning, and the
unequivocal love for family weave the characters into this spellbinder.
