{"product_id":"a-place-of-hope-paperback","title":"A Place of Hope - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTsi Conrad\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Behind the rusted gates of Kondengui, a shattered camera lens cannot blind the truth.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn November 21, 2016, the script of a people changed forever. What began as a filmmaker's attempt to document the \"Coffin Revolution\" at Bamenda's Liberty Square quickly descended into a nightmare of bullets, teargas, and a brutal arrest on \"Black Thursday\". \u003cem\u003eA Place of Hope\u003c\/em\u003e is an unflinching poetic memoir penned from the dark, suffocating cells of the notorious Kondengui Central Prison.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDivided into three visceral acts-\u003cem\u003eThe Fire\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Cage\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Roots\u003c\/em\u003e-this collection transcends standard poetry. It serves as a cinematic documentation of the Southern Cameroons struggle, capturing the raw humanity of the \"Bloody Eighteen\" and the agonizing reality of the \"Geography of Hell,\" where one hundred and twenty souls are packed into a five-by-six-meter cell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough searing verses like \u003cem\u003eThe Cellmates of Conscience\u003c\/em\u003e, the author wrestles with the physical torture of his chains and the surreal irony of sharing a cell with the very embezzlers and corrupt officials who orchestrated the nation's decay. Yet, amidst the stench, the hunger, and the violence, these pages bloom with an unexpected defiance: the choice to forgive, the refusal to break, and the realization that freedom is an internal state.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaw, evocative, and deeply historical, \u003cem\u003eA Place of Hope\u003c\/em\u003e is the archive of a survivor's scars. It stands as a profound prove to the fact that while a military boot can smash a camera, it can never format the mind of a man who knows what he saw.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.19 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 20, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53248389153075,"sku":"9798233676581","price":21.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/AYNlDxF8Ss9798233676581.webp?v=1776311359","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/a-place-of-hope-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}