Comfort Mussa, the multi-award-winning Cameroonian journalist and gender and disability
rights advocate, and a matron of CASD has publish her debut novella, The Shape of Unbroken Things/Ce Qu’on Ne Brise Pas. The book depicts the fragile intensity of adolescence, and available in soft and hard copies online for 8,000frs each.
Following a life-altering amputation, Iya struggles to rebuild her sense of self while navigating cruelty and alienation at a new school. Her growing bond with Mambo, a girl shaped by the quiet world of her mother, a woman with hearing and speech disabilities, becomes a powerful space of mutual recognition. Together, they confront the pressures
placed upon them and find in friendship and art new ways of imagining themselves.
CASD is offering 10 free copies to a selected few. Express your interest by typing “Adolescent Empowerment “ below. Beneficiaries shall be published on September 21st.
