In Ferdinand Oyono’s, Houseboy it talks about the issues of colonialism and imperialism in Africa. In the novel, you can get a sense of how people culture was being changed because they were trying to live and be like their colonizers. During this era, the book exposes the cruelty and violence of a young African boy from Cameroon who runs away from his abusive father. Toundi runs away he leaves behind his tribal and cultural ties hoping that he never have to face them again by making a change in his life by falling into the colonial powers of the French. The French colonials were very powerful because they ruled Cameroon and wanted to change the community into Black Frenchmen. Toundi’s identity begins to change when he realizes his life
