Delphine Zanga Tsogo
Delphine Zanga Tsogo (December 21, 1935 – July 16, 2020)[1] was a Cameroonian writer, feminist and politician. She served in the country's National Assembly from 1965 to 1972. Her married surname was Tsanga.[2][3]
Biography
She was born in Lomié and was educated at Douala, going on to study nursing in Toulouse, France. She returned to Cameroon in 1960, working as a nurse in various hospitals. In 1964, she was elected national president of the Council of Cameroonian Women. From 1970 to 1975, she served as Vice Minister for Health and Public Welfare.[2] From 1975 to 1984, she was Minister for Social Affairs for Cameroon.[3]
She served as president of the administrative council for the United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, as well as president of the Comité Régional Africain de Coordination pour l’Intégration des Femmes au Développement. and vice-president of the International Council of Women. She was named to the French National Order of Merit.[3]
In 1983, she wrote her first novel Vies de Femmes (Women's Lives). This was followed by L'Oiseau en cage (The Caged Bird) the following year.[4]
References
- ^ Nécrologie : Delphine Tsanga n’est plus (in French)
- ^ a b "Delphine Zanga Tsogo". University of Western Australia.
- ^ a b c "Mme Tsanga Delphine". Elections Cameroon.
- ^ Gikandi, Simon (2003). Encyclopedia of African Literature. pp. 815–16. ISBN 1134582234.
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