My Kingdom for a Guitar

<p><i>My Kingdom for a Guitar </i>is a novel based on the remarkable life of Cameroonian-born writer and musician Francis Bebey. Born in Douala Cameroon Bebey studied in Paris and New York. He found fame when his first novel <i>Le Fils d'Agatha Moudio</i> (<i>Agatha Moudio's Son</i>) was published in 1967 and that fame continued to grow with the release of his first album in 1969. He would go on to become one of the best-known singer-songwriters of Africa whose groundbreaking style merged Cameroonian makossa with classical guitar jazz and pop. <br /><br />Narrated by Bebey's daughter Kidi <i>My Kingdom for a Guitar</i> is a tribute to her late father and his family. Through a combination of recollections and fiction it offers the reader a chance to witness the admiration of a daughter for her father and the love of a man for his music.</p>