HEAD IN THE CLOUDS/TETE DANS LES NUAGES

After looking in vain for a job, Jacky, a university graduate with a law degree, ends up in a market with a shop, like his parents.

Irene Pesonka, a qualified civil servant in a government ministry, has to take on a second job, selling doughnuts at a roadside stand, to make ends meet.

Pascale Marthine Tayou, a sculptor and poet, who finds his working material in the huge piles of garbage which clog the streets of Yaounde, dubs on « slum art », his artistic expression, through which he unveils the decrepit state of Cameroonian society.

The stories of these three individuals describe the chaos of urban life in Cameroon in 1994 and illustrate the vital role played by the « informal economic sector » in which more and more Cameroonians operate.