Patrice Nganang is an acclaimed Cameroonian author based in the United States. His new memoir, “Scale Boy,” details his childhood in Cameroon. He speaks to Host Marco Werman about being deported from his own country, how Cameroonian President Paul Biya has stayed in power for so long and just what exactly a scale boy is.
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