Sankie Maimo
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Sankie Maimo was a writer from British Southern Cameroons. Maimo moved to Ibadan, Nigeria, where he worked as a school teacher. There he founded the journal Cameroon Voice in 1955. This was followed by a play called I Am Vindicated, and a children's book called Adventuring with Jaja. His works advocated for the adoption of European values as a means to bring Africa into the wider world.[1]
Bibliography[edit]
- I Am Vindicated. Ibadan: Ibadan University Press, 1959.
- Sov-Mbang the Soothsayer. Yaounde: Editions Cle, 1968.
- Twilight Echoes. Yaounde: Cowrie Publications, 1979.
- The Mask. Yaounde: Cowrie Publications, 1980.
- Succession in Sarkov. Yaounde: SOPECAM, 1986.
- Sasse Symphony. Limbe: Nooremac Press, 1989.
- Retributive Justice or “La Shivaa.” Kumbo: Maimo, 1999.
Notes[edit]
- ^ Mbaku 80–1.
References[edit]
- Mbaku, John Mukum (2005). Culture and Customs of Cameroon. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press.
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