Jacques Kuoh-Moukouri
Appearance
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Jacques Kuoh-Moukouri (1909-2002) was a Cameroonian writer and Cameroon's Ambassador to the United States. He is most well known for his 1963 book Doigts noirs. He was born in the Akwa District of Douala on 6 June 1909 and attended secondary school in Yaoundé at the Ecole SupeVieure.[1] Kuoh-Moukouri became a leading administrator under the French and spent several years working in Paris.[2] He had eight children including the French feminist and author Thérèse Kuoh-Moukouri. He died on 15 May 2002.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Who's who in African Literature: Biographies, Works, Commentaries, By, Janheinz Jahn, Ulla Schild, Almut Nordmann Seiler, Horst Erdmann Verlag, 1972, ISBN 3771101530, 9783771101534
- ^ The Journal of African History / Volume 21 / Issue 02 / April 1980, pp 255-267 Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980
- ^ "Jacques KUOH MOUKOURI". www.academieoutremer.fr. Archived from the original on 2016-08-25.