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Dione Precious Abwe Betika

Dione teaches English and French at Enterprise Institute Corporate University in Kumba, Cameroon. She has published a book of stories for children age 5-9 and a novella for young adults. She is also a presenter at Ocean City Radio and President of WAKE, the Women's Action for Knowledge and Entrepreneurship.

“Nkume the Goat” is a story for children of about age 6 or 7. It has a particularly African flavor and is unlike most chlldren’s stories on other continents. It begins charmingly with an account of Nkume’s role as the favorite pet of the Mbuku family. The tale takes a serious turn when Chief Aka seizes Nkume as a kind of collateral for a loan he has extended for Papa Mbuku’s medical treatment. When the family proves to be too poor to repay the loan, Chief Aka mistreats Nkume, but he repents when Nkume impresses upon him the moral that life is more important than money.

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Welcome to Bewildering Stories, Dione. We’re glad to have you with us!