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Edition 3 (1963) Winner
Jean Ikellé-Matiba
ジャン・イケレ＝マティバ
Jean Ikellé-Matiba
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1936-04-26 （Sanaga-Maritime division, Littoral Province, Cameroon）
- Died
- 1984-00-00 （Germany） age 47
- Nationality
- Cameroonian
- Languages
- French, German
- Residence History
- Sanaga-Maritime (birthplace) → Paris (studied) → France (worked) → Germany (worked; place of death)
Career
- Occupations
- writer, novelist
- Active Years
- 1960-1984
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | — | — | France (studies) |
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Country:
France (studies)
Reported to have studied in Paris; specific institution unknown
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Cette Afrique-là!
1963 Political novel (exploring colonial experience)A political novel written in French that examines Cameroon's colonial periods through the biography of an African who lived and worked under German and French colonial administrations.
colonialismidentityhistory and memory
Translations
- Adler und Lilie in Kamerun (German translation, 1966)
Bibliography
- Cette Afrique-là! (1963)
- Adler und Lilie in Kamerun: Lebensbericht eines Afrikaners (German translation, 1966)
Translations of Works
- Adler und Lilie in Kamerun (1966, German translation)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Realist, politically engaged styleNarration that overlays historical facts with personal biography
- Recurring Motifs
- colonial administration and its effectsrelationship between the individual and the nationsearch for cultural identity
Legacy
Cette Afrique-là! is regarded as an important work that literarily examines Cameroon's colonial history. It contributed to Francophone African literature by linking critique of colonialism with individual biography.
Trivia
- Wrote primarily in French; major work published in 1963.
- A German translation (Adler und Lilie in Kamerun) appeared in 1966.
- Born 26 April 1936 in the Sanaga-Maritime division (Littoral Province).