Ngome’s fictional work titled What God Has Put Asunder is a parody of a contemporary postcolonial African country, perhaps the Republic of Cameroon. Set against the backdrop of conflictual co-existence within the confines of an orphanage, this skillfully crafted drama takes the reader down memory lane. Ngome conveys his vision of postcoloniality and its vestiges…
What God Has Put Asunder depicts a marriage between Weka and Garba, fraught with infidelity, violence and abuse. Having reluctantly settled for Miche Garba as the lesser evil of two suitors who were foisted on her by the authorities of the orphanage where she grew up, Weka runs off with her children to rehabilitate her…