A collection of seven short stories, in which the author presents men sometimes draped in their naivety or caught up in their past mistakes like Oumarou and Nleme Mvam, and others confronted with the harsh realities of a changing world. , like Ôbiang Ndông or Prince Mekulu me Nji, fortunately quick to adapt to change, and who contrasts seriously with a Banga Bilo'o nostalgic for an irreversible past. Along the way, we will meet a Ndômane, faced with the pain of slander and the honorable catechist Ôsonemane with shame... a harmonious work that paints both with realism and humor the qualities, faults and human failings. Undoubtedly, we will inevitably have to laugh or cry about it; but by staging all these colorful characters, we will ultimately, without a doubt, have lessons to learn.