Cameroon

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.[53] Philomene 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 (1954–2007), 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.[54] 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.[55] 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).[56] 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 Cote d’Ivoire.[Gikandi] Jeanne Ngo Mai (1933– ), French-language poet.[57] Claude-Joseph M'Bafou-Zetebeg (1948– ), French-language poet.[58] Achille Mbembe (1957– ), political philosopher. Remy 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.[59] Engelbert Mveng (1930– ), French-language poet, author of Balafon.[57] 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.[60] Bernard Nanga (1934–1985), French-language novelist, author of Les Chauve-Souris.[Gikandi] David Ndachi Tagne (1958– ), novelist and journalist.[Gikandi] Patrice Nganang (1970- ), novelist. Charles Ngande, French-language poet.[61] 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.[62] Jean-Paul-Nyunai (1932– ), French-language poet.[57] 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] Rene 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.[57] Elolongue Epanya Yondo (1930– ), poet in French and Duala.[57] Delphine Zanga Tsogo (1935– ), feminist and writer.[Gikandi]