Mbella Sonne Dipoko

Mbella Sonne Dipoko was born on 28 February 1936 in Douala. He first worked in Cameroon, then became a journalist in Nigeria and lived in Paris from 1960. He wrote in English, unlike most writers of his country, and painted as much as he wrote; he criticised négritude and the persistence of European influence after independence, and defended the rights of Africans. He died in Tiko on 5 December 2009.

In the catalogue 1

• NovelBecause of WomenMbella Sonne Dipoko · 1969Literature