Cameroon Writers

Background:

Formal Name: The Republic of Cameroon

Local Name: Cameroun

Local Formal Name: République du Cameroun

Commonwealth | United Nations | African Union

Status: UN Country

Capital City: Yaoundé

Main Cities: Douala

Population: 12,905,000
Area: 475,440 km2
Currency: 1 CFA franc 100 centimes no longer used
Languages: English, French, Bantu, Sudanic tribal languages
Religions: Indigenous beliefs, Christian, Muslim

Authors

• 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.^[34]
• 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]
• Bate Besong (1954– ), poet.^[Gikandi]
• Mongo Beti (pseudonym of Alexandre Biyidi Awala) (1932–2001), novelist writing in French.^{[Gikandi] [Killam & Rowe]}
• Calixthe Beyala (1961– ), novelist writing in French.^{[Gikandi] [Killam & Rowe]}
• Jacques Bonjawo (1960– ), software engineer and columnist.
• Bole Butake (1947– ), playwright.^[Gikandi]
• Fernando d'Almeida (1955– ), journalist and poet.^[35]
• Paul Dakeyo (1948– ), poet.^[Gikandi]
• Mbella Sonne Dipoko (1936– ), English-language novelist, poet and painter.^[Gikandi]
• Gaston-Paul Effa (1965– ), novelist.^[Gikandi]
• Jean Marc Ela (1936– ), African liberation theologian, author of African Cry and My Faith as an African
• Samuel-Martin Eno Belinga (1935– ), poet, geologist and civil servant.^[36]
• 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).^[37]
• Joseph Feyou de Happy (1921– ), French-language politician and historian, author of L'esprit des lois grassfields.
• Patrice Kayo (1942– ), poet, short story writer and oral storyteller.^[Gikandi]
• Yodi Karone (1954– ), novelist.^{[Gikandi] [Killam & Rowe]}
• Werewere Liking (1950– ), novelist also associated with Côte d’Ivoire.^[Gikandi]
• Jeanne Ngo Mai (1933– ), French-language poet.^[38]
• Claude-Joseph M'Bafou-Zetebeg (1948– ), French-language poet.^[39]
• Achille Mbembe (1957– ), political philosopher.
• Rémy Sylvestre Medou Mvomo (1938– ), novelist and playwright.^[Gikandi]
• Evelyne Mpoudi Ngole (1953–), French-language novelist, author of Sous La Cendre Le Feu and Petit Jo, Enfant Des Rues.^[40]
• Engelbert Mveng (1930– ), French-language poet, author of Balafon.^[38]
• 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.^[41]
• Bernard Nanga (1934–1985), French-language novelist, author of Les Chauve-Souris.^[Gikandi]
• David Ndachi Tagne (1958– ), novelist and journalist.^[Gikandi]
• Charles Ngandé, French-language poet.^[42]
• Simon Njami (1962– ), novelist.^{[Killam & Rowe]}
• Jean-Jacques Nkollo (1962– ), novelist.^[Gikandi]
• Etienne B. Noume, pen-name of Etienne NKepndep (1944–1970), French-language poet.^[43]
• Jean-Paul-Nyunaï (1932– ), French-language poet.^[38]
• Joseph Owono (1921–1981), novelist and diplomat.
• Ferdinand Oyono (1929– ), novelist.^{[Gikandi] [Killam & Rowe]}
• Guillaume Oyono-Mbia (1939– ), playwright writing in English and French, author of Trois Pretendants un mari.^{[Gikandi] [Killam & Rowe]}
• René Philombe, pseudonym of Philippe-Louis Ombede (1930–2001), novelist and editor.^[Gikandi]
• Francois Sengat-Kuo (1931– ), French-language poet, author of Fleurs de Laterite, Heures rouges, and Collier de Cauris.^[38]
• Elolongué Epanya Yondo (1930– ), poet in French and Duala.^[38]
• Delphine Zanga Tsogo (1935– ), feminist and writer.^[Gikandi]