Jérôme Carlos

Jérôme Carlos was born on 30 September 1944 in Porto-Novo, in Dahomey. A historian and journalist by training, he directed the national museums, libraries and archives, then, at the head of a public news organisation, had to go into exile in Côte d'Ivoire under the Marxist-Leninist regime. He was editor-in-chief of several Abidjan newspapers, including a weekly from 1982 to 1990. Back in Benin, he directed the African Centre for Positive Thought and its radio station, and his younger colleagues nicknamed him the Doyen. He died in Cotonou on 15 January 2024.

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• Short storiesLes Enfants de MandelaJérôme Carlos · 1988not translated into EnglishLiterature