Ndumbe Eyoh

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Hansel Ndumbe Eyoh (November 11, 1949 – September 7, 2006) was a Cameroonian theatre director, critic, and playwright, and professor of Theatre Arts at the University of Yaoundé I.[1]

Ndumbe Eyoh was born in Kurume, Southwest Province. He attended primary school in Kumba and continued to St Joseph's College Sasse in 1963 as part of the jubilee class. He obtained his G.C.E. Ordinary Level there. Two years of homeschooling later, he received his G.C.E. Advanced Level. In 1970, he enrolled in the University of Yaoundé, where he studied English at the undergraduate level. From 1973, he spent a couple of years at the School of Drama at Leeds University in England, and graduated with a PhD. in 1979. He died in Yaoundé leaving behind a Widow and 5 children. Dibo Bedie Ndumbe-Eyoh, Fese Munyenge Ndumbe-Eyoh, Sume Ndumbe-Eyoh, Mulango Ndumbe-Eyoh, Makia Ndumbe-Eyoh.

Published works[edit]

  • World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Africa (1997) by Ousmane Diakhate (Editor), Hansel Ndumbe Eyoh (Editor)[2]
  • Munyenge (1989). Children's Play. Performed at the First World Festival of Children's Theatre in Lingen, Germany
  • The Magic Fruit (1991)
  • From Hammock to Bridges

References[edit]

  1. ^ Chiangong, Mforbe Pepetual (2011). Rituals in Cameroon Drama: a semiological interpretation of the plays of Gilbert Doho, Bole Butake and Hansel Ndumbe Eyoh. University of Bayreuth. ISBN 9783939661115.
  2. ^ Banham, Martin (1998). "World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Volume 3, Africa. Edited by Ousmane Diakhaté & Hansel Ndumbe Eyoh. London: Routledge, 1997. Pp. 426 illus. £85 Hb". Theatre Research International. 23 (1): 85–86. doi:10.1017/S0307883300018320. S2CID 161699175.