Sankie Maimo (1930 – 4 September 2013) was a writer from British

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. Maimo moved to

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, where he worked as a school teacher. He stayed in Nigeria from 1949 to 1962, where he founded the journal '' Cameroon Voice'' in 1955. This was followed by a play called '' I Am Vindicated in 1930'', and a children's book called '' Adventuring with Jaja in 1972

' He later produced his second play know as ''Sov-Mbang the Soothsayer'' in 1968, which was the only English book published by C.L.

His works advocated the adoption of European values as a means to bring Africa into the wider world.

Tribute

* Sankie Maimo was awarded the ''Grand prix de la mémoire'' of the Grand Prix of Literary Associations, GPLA 2014.bamendaonline.com
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Bibliography

* ''I Am Vindicated''. Ibadan: Ibadan University Press, 1959 (Kraus reprint 1970). * ''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

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