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Literature Of Cameroon
Cameroonian literature is literature from Cameroon, which includes literature in French, English and indigenous languages. Overview Colonial-era writers such as Louis-Marie Pouka and Sankie Maimo were educated by European missionary societies and advocated assimilation into European culture as the means to bring Cameroon into the modern world. Jean-Louis Njemba Medu was a pioneering writer who published the science fiction novel '' Nnanga Kon'' in the Bulu language as early as 1932. After World War II, writers such as Mongo Beti and Ferdinand Oyono analysed and criticised colonialism and rejected assimilation. Other older generation writers include Guillaume Oyônô Mbia, Mbella Sonne Dipoko, Francis Bebey, René Philombé and kenjo Jumbam. Some critically acclaimed writers include Marcien Towa, Imbolo Mbue, Patrice Nganang, Calixthe Beyala, Bate Besong, Gaston-Paul Effa, Werewere Liking, Ba'bila Mutia, John Nkemngong Nkengasong, Bole Butake, Leonora Miano, Francis B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west- central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Its coastline lies on the Bight of Biafra, part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean. Due to its strategic position at the crossroads between West Africa and Central Africa, it has been categorized as being in both camps. Its nearly 27 million people speak 250 native languages. Early inhabitants of the territory included the Sao civilisation around Lake Chad, and the Baka hunter-gatherers in the southeastern rainforest. Portuguese explorers reached the coast in the 15th century and named the area ''Rio dos Camarões'' (''Shrimp River''), which became ''Cameroon'' in English. Fulani soldiers founded the Adamawa E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imbolo Mbue
Imbolo Mbue (born 1981) is a Cameroonian-American novelist and short-story writer based in New York City. She is known for her debut novel ''Behold the Dreamers'' (2016), which has garnered her the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the Blue Metropolis Words to Change Award. Her works draw from her own experiences as an immigrant, as well as the experiences of other immigrants. Early life and education Mbue was born in 1981 in Limbe, Cameroon, in the English speaking region of the country, where she was raised until the family sponsored her higher education studies in the United States. After completing her undergraduate and graduate studies, she began a job in marketing for a media company, which she lost during the recession. During this period of time, Mbue observed the difference in classes while walking through New York City, where she observed cab drivers who were predominantly black, waiting to drive executives. This formed the basis of her novel ''Behold the Dreamers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Behold The Dreamers
''Behold the Dreamers'' is a 2016 debut novel by Imbolo Mbue. The novel details the experiences of two New York City families during the 2008 financial crisis: an immigrant family from Cameroon, the Jonga family, and their wealthy employers, the Edwards family. Plot The novel opens in fall 2007 with the interview of an immigrant from Cameroon, Jende Jonga, who is hoping to be hired as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a Lehman Brothers executive. Jonga's job allows him to pay his wife's college tuition and send money back home until the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers threatens both families. Jende Jonga is also seeking permanent residency through a false asylum request. Major themes In Mbue's novel, the immigrant family are discomfited by the transition to a new place, and find themselves changing in response, which was called "a fresh take on the immigrant experience". Development Mbue lost her job in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis and was unemployed for a year and a half. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Random House
Random House is an American book publisher and the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world. The company has several independently managed subsidiaries around the world. It is part of Penguin Random House, which is owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. History Random House was founded in 1927 by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer, two years after they acquired the Modern Library imprint from publisher Horace Liveright, which reprints classic works of literature. Cerf is quoted as saying, "We just said we were going to publish a few books on the side at random," which suggested the name Random House. In 1934 they published the first authorized edition of James Joyce's novel '' Ulysses'' in the Anglophone world. ''Ulysses'' transformed Random House into a formidable publisher over the next two decades. In 1936, it absorbed the firm of Smith and Haas—Robert Haas became the third partner until retiring and selling his share back to Cerf and Klopfer in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linus T
Linus, a male given name, is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Linos''. It's a common given name in Sweden. The origin of the name is unknown although the name appears in antiquity both as a musician who taught Apollo and as a son of Apollo who died in infancy. People *Linus (Argive), son of Apollo and Psamathe in Greek mythology * Linus of Hollywood (Linus Dotson, born 1973), American musical artist *Linus of Thrace, musician and master of eloquent speech in Greek mythology *Pope Linus (died c. 76), the second Bishop of Rome and Pope of the Catholic Church *Linus Arnesson (born 1994), Swedish ice hockey player *Linus Bylund (born 1978), Swedish politician * Linus B. Comins (1817–1892), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts in 1857–59 *Linus Diaz (born 1933), Sri Lankan long-distance runner * Linus Eklöf (born 1989), Swedish motorcycle speedway rider *Linus Eklöw (better known by his stage name Style of Eye) (born 1979), Swedish DJ, producer, and song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis B Nyamnjoh
Francis B. Nyamnjoh (born 1961) is a Cameroonian Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cape Town. He was recipient of the annual "ASU African Hero 2013" award from the African Students Union at Ohio University, the 2014 Eko Prize for African Literature, and his book ''#RhodesMustFall'': ''Nibbling at Resilient Colonialism in South Africa'' won the 2018 ASAUK Fage & Oliver Prize for the best monograph. Life and career Early life and education Francis B. Nyamnjoh was born in 1961 in Bum, Cameroon. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts (1984) and Master of Arts (1985) from the University of Yaoundé in Cameroon. His master's thesis was titled ''Change in the concept of power amongst the Bum.'' He earned a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Leicester, in 1990. Career Nyamnjoh moved from the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), where he held the position of Head of Publications from July 2003 to July 2009, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonora Miano
Leonora or Leonara may refer to: People *Leonora (given name), a feminine given name * Leonora of Castile (other) * Leonora of England (1162–1216), Queen of Castile and Toledo as wife of Alfonso VIII of Castile * Leonora (singer) (born 1998), Danish singer representing her country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 *John Leonora (1928–2006), research scientist, Loma Linda University Places * Leonora, Guyana *Leonora, Western Australia *Shire of Leonora, a local government area of Western Australia Arts and entertainment *''Leonora'' (opera), the original title of Ludwig van Beethoven's opera ''Fidelio'', in which the heroine is named Leonora (or ''Leonore'' in German) *''Leonora'' (opera) by William Henry Fry (the first known performance of an opera by an American composer on March 18, 1845) * ''Leonora'' (opera), the 1804 opera by Ferdinando Paer based on the same source as the work by Beethoven *Leonora, heroine of the opera ''Il trovatore'', the 1853 opera by Gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bole Butake
Bole may refer to: Places * Bole District, Ghana * Bole, Ghana, town * Bole (Ghana parliament constituency) * Bole, Nottinghamshire, England * Bole (Sub-City of Addis Ababa), Ethiopia ** Addis Ababa Bole International Airport, Ethiopia * Bole, Xinjiang, China ** Bole Alashankou Airport * Pasila, area of Helsinki in Finland called Böle in Swedish, one of the municipality's official languages * Böle (Piteå Municipality), a locality situated in Norrbotten County, Sweden Other uses * An alternate name for the trunk of a tree; used in modern forestry and in archaic contexts. * Bole (color), a reddish-brown color ** Armenian bole a reddish clay material used in painting ** Levant bole, similar, used in historical medicine. * Bole language, an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria * Bole language (Bantu), a Bantu language in the Congo * Bo Le, a Chinese horse physiognomer * Bole2Harlem, an Ethiopian hip hop fusion band * Bee bole, a cavity or alcove in a wall or other struc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Nkemngong Nkengasong
John Ngosong Nkemngong Nkengasong (born 1959) is a Cameroonian playwright, novelist, poet and scholar. He is often referred to as a "radical visionary" of Anglophone Cameroon and an “ardent upholder of innovative creativity and crusader for the truth” as is demonstrated by his novels, poetry, short stories but most notably his plays. {{Infobox writer , name = John Nkemngong Nkengasong , embed = , honorific_prefix = , honorific_suffix = , image = , image_size = , image_upright = , alt = , caption = Nkengasong giving a talk on African writing at the Chicago Humanities Festival in 2008 , native_name = , native_name_lang = , pseudonym = , birth_name = , birth_date = 1959 , birth_place = Lewoh, British Cameroon , death_date = , death_place = , resting_place = , occupation =Writer; Professor of Literature and Cultural Studies at the Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werewere Liking
Werewere Liking (born 1950, in Cameroon) is a writer, playwright and performer based in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. She established the Ki-Yi Mbock theatre troupe in 1980 and founded the Ki-Yi village in 1985 for the artistic education of young people. Her novel ''Elle sera de jaspe et de corail'' is a song-novel recounted by an astute ''misovire'' (literally 'man-hater' from misos Gr. "hate" and vir Lat. "man") in writing a journal on nine themes as a dialectic between two men wherein the author of the journal imagines a new race of people uninhibited by the historical baggage of patriarchy and colonialism. She is the author of the African feminist theory "misovirism." She received a Prince Claus Award in 2000 for her contributions to culture and society, and the Noma Award in 2005 for her book ''La mémoire amputée''. Writing Her books and plays include: * ''La mémoire amputée'', Nouvelles Editions Ivoiriennes (2004), * ''Elle sera de jaspe et de corail'', Editions L'Harm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaston-Paul Effa
Gaston-Paul Effa (born 1965, Yaoundé) is a writer from Lorraine of Cameroonian origin, also a professor of philosophy. He came to France to attend secondary school at the in Strasbourg, then studied theology and philosophy at the university. He is professor of philosophy at Lycée Mangin of Sarrebourg. Works *1996: ''Tout ce bleu'', Éditions Grasset *1998: ''Mâ'', Grasset *2000: ''Le cri que tu pousses ne réveillera personne'', Éditions Gallimard *2000: ''Icône, sanctuaire de la présence'' *2001: ''Cheval-roi'', Éditions du Rocher *2003: ''Le Juif et l'Africain : double offrande'' (in collaboration with Gabriel Attias), éditions du Rocher *2003: ''Le livre de l'alliance'' (in collaboration with André Chouraqui), Sofédis *2303: ''Yaoundé instantanés'', Éditions du Laquet *2004: ''La salle des professeurs'', Éd. du Rocher *2004: ''Cette langue est bien ce feu'', Éd. du Laquet *2005: ''Voici le dernier jour du monde'', Éd. du Rocher *2006: ''À la vitesse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
