Fortune's Children — Janvier Chouteu-Chando

The gripping story of a German mulatto who seeks refuge in French Cameroun, and then leads his father's family and Business Empire through Africa's most brutal colonial war that historians describe as ‘France's hidden war in Africa”.



When Hans Wette escapes Nazi Germany and joins his father Josef Nana Njike in Africa, he is oblivious of the extent of his father's vision. Not until the African legend dies and Hans and his siblings inherit his legacy, do they find that his fortune and vision is in conflict with French colonial interests and the political system they put in place in Francophone Africa.



The descendants of the legend go through love and betrayal, friendship and sibling rivalry, successes and failures, births and deaths, marriages and divorces, war and grief, with a determination to stay united and carry on with their father's legacy.



However, the vicious attacks against Josef Nana Njike's ideas, his ideals and the dynasty he founded pushes the family to the brink of extinction, and forces Hans to lead his father's descendants to a new sanctuary that still fills him with trepidation.



Fortune's Children is the third book in the “Disciples of Fortune” trilogy, which also comprises “Fortune Calls” and “Fortune's Master”.