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Togolese Writers
This is a list of Togolese writers. * Jeannette D. Ahonsou (1954–2022), novelist * Gad Ami (born 1958), novelist * David Ananou (1917–2000), novelist * Félix Couchoro (1900–1968), novelist, also connected with Benin * Yves-Emmanuel Dogbé (1939-2004), writer, philosopher, sociologist, and educator. * Richard Dogbeh, also connected with Benin, Senegal and Côte d'Ivoire (1932–2003), novelist and educator * Kossi Efoui (born 1962), playwright * Christiane Akoua Ekue (born 1954), French-language novelist * Pyabelo Chaold Kouly (born 1943), autobiographical writer and novelist * Tété-Michel Kpomassie (born 1941), explorer and writer *Farida Nabourema (born 1990), human rights activist, writer and blogger * Stanislas Ocloo (died 2010), journalist * Senouvo Agbota Zinsou (born 1946), playwright and short story writer See also *List of Togolese people *List of African writers by country References {{DEFAULTSORT:Togolese writers Lists of writers by nationality, Togol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Togo
Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to Ghana–Togo border, the west, Benin to Benin–Togo border, the east and Burkina Faso to Burkina Faso–Togo border, the north. It is one of the least developed countries and extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its capital city, capital, Lomé, is located. It is a small, tropical country, spanning with a population of approximately 8 million, and it has a width of less than between Ghana and its eastern neighbour Benin. Various peoples settled the boundaries of present-day Togo between the 11th and 16th centuries. Between the 16th and 18th centuries, the coastal region served primarily as a Atlantic slave trade, European slave trading outpost, earning Togo and the surrounding region the name "The Slave Coast of West Africa, Slave Coast". In 1884, during the scramble for Africa, German Empire, Germany established a protectorate in the region called Togoland. After World War I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tété-Michel Kpomassie
Tété-Michel Kpomassie is an explorer and writer from Togo, and the author of '' An African in Greenland''. Biography Kpomassie was born in 1941, in Togo, and received only six years of elementary education. His father, a prominent man in the village, had eight wives and 26 children. When he was a young man, he was collecting coconuts in a tree when he was surprised by a python, and fell to the ground. His father believed that his resulting illness could only be cured by consulting the priestess of the python cult, deep in the forest, and so he was taken, through one long night, into the heart of the snake-infested cult. The cure worked, but the priestess required a payment - Kpomassie would need to be initiated into the snake cult. This would require living for the next seven years in the jungle, among the snakes. It was at this time, recovering from his illness and waiting to be taken back to the jungle, that Kpomassie found a children's book (The Eskimos from Greenland to A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Togolese People By Occupation
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but lists are frequently written down on paper, or maintained electronically. Lists are "most frequently a tool", and "one does not ''read'' but only ''uses'' a list: one looks up the relevant information in it, but usually does not need to deal with it as a whole".Lucie Doležalová,The Potential and Limitations of Studying Lists, in Lucie Doležalová, ed., ''The Charm of a List: From the Sumerians to Computerised Data Processing'' (2009). Purpose It has been observed that, with a few exceptions, "the scholarship on lists remains fragmented". David Wallechinsky, a co-author of ''The Book of Lists'', described the attraction of lists as being "because we live in an era of overstimulation, especially in terms of information, and lists help us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Killam
Gordon Douglas Killam (1930-2020), known to friends as Doug Killam, was a Canadian scholar of African literature. Life Killam was born on August 26, 1930, the son of Harry and Margaret Killam of British Columbia. After working as a producer with CBC Television, he gained a PhD from University College London in 1964 and moved into academia. He travelled and taught in Africa, in Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Tanzania. He also taught at Canadian Universities, including UBC, the University of Alberta and University of Acadia. At the University of York he was the Foujnding Master of Bethune College. At the University of Guelph he made the Department of English a recognised centre of post-colonial studies. Predeceased by his wife Shelagh (née Anderson) in 1996, Killam died on November 17, 2020, of Parkinson's disease Parkinson's disease (PD), or simply Parkinson's, is a neurodegenerative disease primarily of the central nervous system, affecting both motor system, motor and non-motor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Gikandi
Simon E. Gikandi (born 30 September 1960) is a Kenyan Literature Professor and Postcolonial scholar. He is the Class of 1943 University Professor of English and Chair, Department of English at Princeton University. He is perhaps best known for his co-editorship (with Abiola Irele) of ''The Cambridge History of African and Caribbean Literature''. He has also done important work on the modern African novel, and two distinguished African novelists: Chinua Achebe and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o. In 2019 he became the president of the Modern Language Association. Early life and education Gikandi was born to a Presbyterian family in Nyeri, Kenya. He graduated with a B.A irst-Class Honorsin Literature from the University of Nairobi. He was a British Council Scholar at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland from which he graduated with a M.Litt. in English Studies. He has a Ph.D. in English from Northwestern University. His major Fields of Research and Teaching are the Anglophone Literatures ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of African Writers By Country
This is a list of prominent and notable writers from Africa. It includes poets, novelists, children's writers, essayists, and scholars, listed by country. Algeria ''See: List of Algerian writers'' Angola ''See: List of Angolan writers'' Benin ''See: List of Beninese writers'' Botswana * Unity Dow (1959–), judge, human rights activist, writer and minister of basic education * Bessie Head (1937–1986), novelist and short-story writer born in South Africa * Leetile Disang Raditladi (1910–1971), playwright and poet * Barolong Seboni (1957–), poet and academic Burkina Faso ''See: List of Burkinabé writers'' Burundi * Esther Kamatari (1951–) * Ketty Nivyabandi (1978–) * Gaël Faye (1982–) Cameroon ''See: List of Cameroonian writers'' Cape Verde Central African Republic * Pierre Makombo Bamboté (1932–), novelist and poet * Etienne Goyémidé (1942–1997), novelist, poet and short story writer: ''Le Silence de la Foret'' * Blaise N'Djehoya (1953–), novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Togolese People
This article contains a list of notable Togo, Togolese people, in order by profession, followed by alphabetical order by last name. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article. Actors, musicians, and entertainers * Camih Gantin, model, crowned Miss Togo 2012 * Jimi Hope (1956–2019), also known as Koffi Senaya, musician, painter and sculptor * Stéphane Legar (born 1998), Israeli-born singer, dancer, and model of Togolese heritage * King Mensah (born 1971), singer * Togbe Agbodjan Jad Fozis (born 1971), reggae musician, guitarist and singer-songwriter Politicians, activists, and political leaders * Bonfoh Abass (1948–2021), politician, who was the interim President of Togo * Emmanuel Bodjollé (born 1928), former military officer, acting president of Togo * Kléber Dadjo (1914–c.1988), military officer, acting president of Togo * Gnassingbé Eyadéma (1935–2005), military officer, third president of Togo * Faure Gnassingbé (born 1966), poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanislas Ocloo
Stanislav and variants may refer to: People *Stanislav (given name), a Slavic given name with many spelling variations (Stanislaus, Stanislas, Stanisław, etc.) Places * Stanislav, Kherson Oblast, a coastal village in Ukraine * Stanislaus County, California * Stanislaus River, California * Stanislaus National Forest, California * Place Stanislas, a square in Nancy, France, World Heritage Site of UNESCO * Saint-Stanislas, Mauricie, Quebec, a Canadian municipality * Stanizlav, a fictional train depot in the game '' TimeSplitters: Future Perfect'' * Stanislau, German name of Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine Schools * St. Stanislaus High School, an institution in Bandra, Mumbai, India * St. Stanislaus High School (Detroit) * Collège Stanislas de Paris, an institution in Paris, France * California State University, Stanislaus, a public university in Turlock, CA * St Stanislaus College (Bathurst), a secondary school in Bathurst, Australia * St. Stanislaus College (Guyana), a secondary school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farida Nabourema
Farida Bemba Nabourema (born 1990) is a Togolese human rights activist and writer who has fought for democracy in Togo since she was a teenager. When she was 20, she founded the "Faure Must Go" movement, calling for civil resistance in the interests of democracy. Published in 2014, her book of essays ''La Pression de l'Oppression'' (The Pressure of Oppression) encourages resistance from those who are oppressed. In 2017, Nabourema was recognized as "Advocate of the Year (Female)" by the Africa Youth Awards. Biography Born on 19 April 1990 in Lomé, Farida Bemba Nabourema completed her school education with the ''baccalauréat'' in 2007, after which she studied history at the University of Lomé. She grew up under the oppressive regime of Gnassingbé Eyadéma until his death in 2005. He was succeeded by his son, the equally dictatorial Faure Gnassingbé. Farida Nabourema's father, the dissident Bemba Nabourema, was severely tortured in 2003 when she was only 13. As a result, she bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyabelo Chaold Kouly
Pyabelo Chaold Kouly (Pyabèlo Bernadette Chaold Kouli) is a Togolese author. Born in 1943 in Pagouda, Togo, she subsequently migrated to Germany in 1961 to study as a laboratory assistant. She is one of the few female Togolese writers to be published. Selected works * Souvenirs de douze années passées en République Fédérale d'Allemagne (Memories of Twelve Years Spent in Germany) 1975, published 1978. * Brief von einer Togolesin an ihre Bekannten und Freunde in Deutschland. * Le Caneton égaré. Lomé: Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines. OCLC 36933011 * Enfants à la ferme de Lama-Tessi * Fala, le redoutable. Lomé: Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines. OCLC 36933041 * Le Missionnaire de Pessaré Kouloum Lomé: Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines, 1979. OCLC 81289042 * Recitations. Lomé : Nouvelles Editions africaines du Togo, 1991. OCLC 36755134 * Djidili et Wédé à la ferme de Lama-Tessi au Togo, 1994? OCLC 35665101 References Sources Pyabelo Chaold Kouly Reading Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
