List of Cameroonian writers
This is a list of Cameroonian writers.
- Boé A-Amang (1938– ), playwright and theatre director[Jahn]
- Severin Cecile Abega (1955–2008), French-language fiction writer and anthropologist, author of Les Bimanes, Le Bourreau and Entre Terre et Ciel[Gikandi]
- Marie-Therese Assiga Ahanda, chemist and novelist
- Paul-Charles Atangana (1930– ), French-language poet[1]
- Philomène Bassek (1957– ), French-language novelist, author of La Tache de Sang[Gikandi]
- Francis Bebey (1929–2001), author of Les Trois Petits Cireurs, Agatha Moudio'son, The Ashanti Doll, Enfant Pluie and Ministre et le Griot[Gikandi] [Jahn]
- Jacques Bengono (1938– ), poet and short story writer[Jahn]
- Bate Besong (1954–2007), poet[Gikandi]
- Larry Bate Takang, novelist, poet and playwright; author of A Place of Fun and Evil, Pilgrimage of no Retreat, and The Blind Boys and the Journalist[www.larrybate.com]
- Mongo Beti, pseudonym of Alexandre Biyidi Awala (1932–2001), novelist writing in French[Gikandi] [Jahn] [Killam & Rowe]
- Calixthe Beyala (1961– ), novelist writing in French[Gikandi] [Killam & Rowe]
- Jacques Bonjawo (1960– ), software engineer and columnist
- Bole Butake (1947– 2016), playwright[Gikandi]
- Fernando d'Almeida (1955– ), journalist and poet[2]
- Paul Dakeyo (1948– ), poet[Gikandi]
- Mbella Sonne Dipoko (1936– ), English-language novelist, poet and painter[Gikandi] [Jahn]
- Ntone Edjabe (1970– ), journalist
- Gaston-Paul Effa (1965– ), novelist[Gikandi]
- Jean Marc Ela (1936– ), African liberation theologian, author of African Cry and My Faith as an African[Jahn]
- Frieda Ekotto, professor and novelist; Chuchote pas trop/Don't Whisper too Much
- Samuel-Martin Eno Belinga (1935– ), poet, geologist and civil servant[3] [Jahn]
- Elolongué Epanya Yondo (1930– ), poet in French and Duala[4] [Jahn]
- Valère Epée (1938– ), musician, poet and historian[Jahn]
- Professor Ndumbe Eyoh (1949–2006), playwright
- Alexis Maxime Feyou de Happy, French-language playwright, author of Conscience Ouverte (1974), Dithy (2002), Fairy Tales from Propagamar (2006), Victus Libri/Classic African Art (2008), Les Mezzotiniales (2009), Bodanou le Petit Oiseau Rouge (2010), and La Septieme Colonne/L'Ombre de Meridor (2010)[5]
- Jean Ikelle-Matiba (1936–1984)[Jahn]
- Bernard Fonlon (1924–1986), politician and writer
- Patrice Kayo (1942– ), poet, short story writer and oral storyteller[Gikandi]
- Yodi Karone (1954– ), novelist[Gikandi] [Killam & Rowe]
- Jacques Kuoh Moukouri (1909–2002), civil servant and autobiographical writer[Jahn]
- Thérèse Kuoh-Moukouri (1938– ), novelist
- Werewere Liking (1950– ), novelist also associated with Côte d'Ivoire[Gikandi]
- 'Sankie Maimo (1930–2013), playwright[Jahn]
- Benjamin Matip (1932– ), novelist and playwright[Jahn]
- Achille Mbembe (1956– ), philosopher
- Claude-Joseph M'Bafou-Zetebeg (1948– ), French-language poet[6]
- Achille Mbembe (1957– ), political philosopher
- William Eteki'a Mbumua (1933– )[Jahn]
- Rémy Sylvestre Medou Mvomo (1938– ), novelist and playwright[Gikandi] [Jahn]
- Dualla Misipo (1901– ), autobiographical writer[Jahn]
- Pabé Mongo (1948– ), playwright and novelist[Jahn]
- Evelyne Mpoudi Ngolé (1953– ), French-language novelist, author of Sous La Cendre Le Feu and Petit Jo, Enfant Des Rues[7]
- Adamu Musa, journalist
- Engelbert Mveng (1930–1995), Jesuit priest and French-language poet, author of Balafon[4] [Jahn]
- Bernard Nanga (1934–1985), French-language novelist, author of Les Chauve-Souris[Gikandi]
- David Ndachi Tagne (1958– ), novelist and journalist[Gikandi]
- Patrice Ndedi-Penda (1945– ), playwright[Jahn]
- Bill F. Ndi (1964– ), English-language poet and playwright, author of K'cracy, Trees in the Storm and Other Poems, Mishaps and Other Poems, Toils and Travails, and Gods in the Ivory Towers[8] [Jahn]
- Timothee Ndzaagap (1949– ), poet, playwright and story writer[Jahn]
- Patrice Nganang (1970– ), novelist
- Charles Ngandé, French-language poet[9]
- Job Nganthojeff (1936– ), poet[Jahn]
- Jeanne Ngo Mai (1933– ), French-language poet[4]
- John Emmanuel Akwo Ngoh (c.1940– ), poet and novelist[Jahn]
- Joel Gustave Nana Ngongang (1982–2015), activist and writer
- Simon Njami (1962– ), novelist[Killam & Rowe]
- Martin Njoya (1944– ), poet[Jahn]
- Jean-Jacques Nkollo (1962– ), novelist[Gikandi]
- Etienne B. Noumé, pen name of Etienne NKepndep (1944–1970), French-language poet[Jahn]
- Tangyie Nsuh-For
- Jean-Paul-Nyunaï (1932– ), French-language poet[4] [Jahn]
- Jacques Muriel Nzouankeu (1938– ), short story writer and playwright[Jahn]
- Joseph Owono (1921–1981), novelist and diplomat[Jahn]
- Ferdinand Oyono (1929– ), novelist[Gikandi] [Jahn] [Killam & Rowe]
- Guillaume Oyono-Mbia (1939– ), playwright writing in English and French, author of Trois Pretendants un mari[Gikandi] [Jahn] [Killam & Rowe]
- René Philombe, pseudonym of Philippe-Louis Ombede (1930–2001), novelist and editor[Gikandi] [Jahn]
- Louis-Marie Pouka-M'Bague (1910– ), journalist and poet[Jahn]
- Simon Rifoé (1943– ), teacher and autobiographical writer[Jahn]
- Francois Sengat-Kuo (1931– ), French-language poet, author of Fleurs de Laterite, Heures rouges, and Collier de Cauris[4] [Jahn]
- Veye Tatah (c.1971 - ), journalist living in Germany
- Kenneth Usongo (c. 1981– ), scholar, dramatist, and short story writer; currently associate professor of English at Texas College; co-author of Art and Political Thought in Bole Butake (Lexington Books 2016)
- Delphine Zanga Tsogo (1935– ), feminist and writer[Gikandi]
- Shey Ductu (1991 -) Short Story and Essay Writter[10][11][12]
References
- ^ Jacques Chevrier, Anthologie africaine d'expression française: La poésie, Hatier, 1988, p.145
- ^ Robert Fraser, West African poetry: a critical history, Cambridge University Press, 1986, pp. 281–86
- ^ Albert S. Gérard, European-Language Writing in Sub-Saharan Africa, Volume 1, John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1986, p.568
- ^ a b c d e Albert S. Gérard, European-Language Writing in Sub-Saharan Africa, Volume 1, John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1986, p. 506.
- ^ Donna Page, A Cameroon world: art and artifacts from the Caroline and Marshall Mount collection, p.46
- ^ Jacques Chevrier, Anthologie africaine d'expression française: La poésie, Hatier, 1988, p.171
- ^ Evelyne Mpoudi Ngole; Mpoudi Ngole, Evelyne. Sous La Cendre Le Feu, L'Harmattan, 2000; Petit Jo, Enfant Des Rues, Hatier International/Edicef, 2009.
- ^ Peter W. Vakunta and Bill F. Ndi, Nul n'a le monopole du Français, p. 47.
- ^ Richard Njornson, The African quest for freedom and identity: Cameroonian writing and the national experience, Indiana University Press, 1991, p. 184.
- ^ "Books: Cameroonian Activist Shey Ductu Releases a Short Story Titled Shades of Misfortune". Kamer Expression. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- ^ "Shey Ductu Addresses African Youth in a new book". Kamer Expression. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- ^ Ductu, Shey. Shades of Misfortune.
- [Gikandi] Simon Gikandi, ed., Encyclopedia of African Literature. Routledge; 2002. ISBN 978-0-415-23019-3
- [Gikandi & Mwangi] Simon Gikandi & Evan Mwangi, ed., The Columbia Guide to East African Literature in English Since 1945. Columbia University Press; 2007. ISBN 978-0-231-12520-8
- [Killam & Rowe] Douglas Killam & Ruth Rowe, eds., The Companion to African Literatures. James Currey & Indiana University Press; 2000. ISBN 0-253-33633-3
- [Jahn] Janheinz Jahn, Ulla Schild & Almut Nordmann Seiler, eds., Who's who in African Literature: Biographies, Works, Commentaries. Horst Erdmann Verlag, 1972. ISBN 978-3-7711-0153-4