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About YEFON: The Red Necklace: A powerful, emotional tale of ambition and courage by Cameroonian-born Sahndra FON DUFE, the Common Wealth of Nations recognized author of the poem ‘Dear momma’. (2004). Yefon: The RedNecklace is the first book of the YEFON trilogy series. It will have you wrapped up with emotions you didn’t know you had. For more information visit the websites at www.yefonthenovel.com | sahndrafondufe.com SYNOPSIS: Young tribal girl, Yefon Labam, knows she’s different. During the 1950's, in her Central African village, women are uneducated and are expected to either work on a farm or be one of many wives, but Yefon dares for more—she wants to learn how to read, even if looking at a book could mean her death. Although everyone thinks she’s an abomination, including her mother and sisters, her father knows she’s destined for greater things. When he is murdered, Yefon clings to the gift he gave her for inspiration—a red necklace. She soon comes to realize that the necklace is no ordinary ornament, but a talisman crafted by the spirits. Yefon walks a dangerous path that could lead to her freedom…or her death. THE TRILOGY BEGINS...
- Sales Rank: #1444016 in Books
- Published on: 2014-04-29
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .61" w x 6.00" l, .94 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 242 pages
About the Author
Sahndra Fon Dufe [ Saan’drah Fun-doo-fey’:] is a Cameroonian-born author, actress, speaker and youth education activist living and working in Los Angeles, California. She became the youngest published female author from Cameroon in 2014, at the age of 24, when her Historical Fiction novel Yefon: The Red Necklace was published. It later on became an Amazon Bestseller in May 2014, under the Historical section. The brand ambassador for Alissi Bronte Africa is also a NAFCA nominated actress who has acted in several international movies like ‘One Night In Vegas’, ‘Black November’, ‘Rejected’, ‘Unconditional Love’ and ‘Refugees’ opposite celebrities like Akon, Wyclef, Jimmy Jean Louis, Hakeem Kae Kazim, Michael Blackson, Yvonne Nelson, John Dumelo, Van Vicker, etc. She now speaks professionally at schools and youth groups around the country and abroad, via her I AM YEFON Elevation Movement, which aims at helping young people find purpose in the lives. Sahndra’s work has been mentioned on CNN ireport, Indiewire, Puse, IRepCamer, Iroko Heritage, The Examiner, Diversity News and many more. Cameroonian singer Said Brarah has described her as ‘young Oprah’, in admiration for her creative ingenuity and inspirational influence for young women all over Africa. To read her full biography visit her official website at http://www.sahndrafondufe.com. You can also follow Author Sahndra Fon Dufe on Twitter at www.twitter.com/sahndrafondufe and Like her Facebook at www.facebook.com/sahndrafondufeofficial . If you are on Instagram or Snapchat, it is @sahndrafondufe.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
A powerful narration of emotions of a young woman's struggle, an excellent thrilling read
By CHICHI OKONKWO
"Yefon The Red Necklace" is a breath of fresh air to a book lover like me. It is a tale of an inspiring young female survivor, who wants nothing more out of life other than to make a difference in the lives of the women in her family and her community.
Subsequently, in her quest for more and not settling for the norms of her culture, she encountered all sorts of challenges and obstacles but she never gave up when the journey got tough.
The story of Yefon is refreshingly rich in African cultural contents, well detailed you feel like you are right there with the Nso people; yet, so captivating and emotional.
This book leaves you salivating for more... But most importantly, it gives you the feeling of a Survivor, Hero, Hope and Freedom. I really enjoyed reading this book and can't wait for the next phase of the trilogy.
To the young author -Sahndra Fon Dufe -BRAVO!!!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
a strong narrative is lost in a childish voice
By Charlie Anderson
This book was a complete flop for me. If you keep up with me on Goodreads, you have probably already seen the star rating I assigned this book, and that is highly unusual and out of character for me.
Yefon is the second daughter of the first wife in her compound in Cameroon. The novel starts off in such a way as to turn off a reader, almost bashing the conveniences and technology of modern times, compared with those of the time Yefon grew up.
"One didn’t curb boredom by lying on a comfortable couch and turning on a 42-inch flat screen TV to watch Keri Washington fix things on Scandal. It’s not like you could log onto Yahoo news to see Miley Cyrus twerking at the VMAs either! These are the sorts of things that my grandchildren are now obsessed with. In my time, you sat by a massive hearth, alongside twenty other skinny black rustics, to hear your grandmother tell stories."
I understand older generations wanting to impart “their days” to their offspring – or anyone who will listen – but this Yefon did not endear herself to me. However, Yefon did paint a pretty clear (and ugly) picture of women’s stature during this time. It is very bleak.
"Regardless of whether your husband slept with your sister or used you as a punching bag, it was your job to hold your family together or else you had failed as a woman.
The man had all the financial power, and you were nothing but a childbearing cook with genius farming skills."
In fact, the entire first half of the book was a mess of characters, terms, tangents, and unclear plot lines. I was so very tempted to DNF this book, but I kept pushing myself. If you had asked me what the book was about at the 20% mark, I would have told you it seemed like random babbling about all manner of things, which only served to confuse me.
In Yefon’s culture, polygamy is common, and Yefon hates her father’s second wife’s daughter, Sola, who is beautiful and gets out of doing anything. In fact, she gets beauty treatments all the time! In such a time, with so little, and needing workers, I find that hard to believe was possible for 20 years.
Yefon also does not get along at all with her mother. She is incessantly getting in trouble, and crying and screaming until her father, home from working away, would come and have it out with her mother. This carried on even until she was 16, 17, and she would jump upon her father as if she was a small child when he would come home or rescue her.
"I hated that my mother insulted me with a title so malevolent. Ogbanje children are evil children that die when they are born and come back again many times, plaguing their mothers with trouble in their lifetime."
Yefon forges a relationship with her half-sister Kadoh, who is the daughter of a slave. All that’s said about the slavery is that Kadoh couldn’t do some of the things Yefon got to do, or be in her compound all the time, and that their language was different…and yet it seemed Kadoh was there all the time. Kadoh was an interesting character, very different than other people, eccentric, but very supportive of Yefon. But Kadoh would always hold out on Yefon, even in times of stress, so I didn’t see how this relationship could sustain under such one-sideness. It was obvious that Yefon looked up to Kadoh, but even into their late teens and early twenties, neither marry, which I gathered was unusual.
There were moments in the book when Yefon’s character had strong moments, but they were few and fleeting.
Now, the red necklace! It is a gift from Yefon’s father, and Yefon wears it all the time. It provides her guidance on occasion, being an item belonging to what seemed even to Yefon to be a mythical goddess-type character. Although this magical, mystical item has fallen into Yefon’s hands, in the end I don’t think it served her too well. This seemed anticlimactic after the title, and all that the necklace means to Yefon, and all that her father has trumped Yefon up to be – that she will change the future. How very flat that falls.
In the latter part of the book there seems to be a clearer plot line, but the ending falls completely flat, and the necklace that has guided Yefon for years fails her. The book ends on a major cliffhanger, which only serves to continue the storyline in the following books.
Another reason I had issue with some things in this book is that Yefon uses terminology in retrospect (such as describing substances as jello-like and referencing the internet), when no one in her compound at that time knew what any of those things are. It gave an unauthentic voice to Yefon that carried throughout the novel. It reminded me of Scout’s voice in To Kill A Mockingbird, but the effect was completely lost in the dramatic Yefon.
Unless you are overly interested in this book based on the premise or the setting of Cameroon, I would recommend a pass on this book. It is not a story for every woman.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Great and Inspiring Book!!!!!
By maya holt
Yefon is a riveting and compelling read that captivates the reader within the first chapter. Its a powerful, emotional tale of a woman who is expected to live up to the low standards of women in her village. Her ambition is to learn to read despite that desire putting her life in danger. The courage that builds on this woman is impeccable and the story was descriptively written and suspenseful, its definitely a story for every woman to read.
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