Grand Prix of Literary Associations
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Edition 4 (2016) Winner
Sankie Maimo
サンキー・マイモ
Sankie Maimo
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1930 （British Southern Cameroons）
- Died
- 2013-09-04 （Cameroon） age 83
- Nationality
- Cameroonian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Ibadan, Nigeria — 1949–1962 → Yaounde, Cameroon — later → Limbe, Cameroon — later
Career
- Occupations
- writer, playwright, teacher
- Active Years
- 1949-2013
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Grand prix de la mémoire | — | — | GPLA (Grand Prix of Literary Associations) | 受賞 |
Grand prix de la mémoire
2014
Organization:
GPLA (Grand Prix of Literary Associations)
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
I Am Vindicated
1959 Drama (play)A play dealing with social and moral themes. One of the author's early English plays that questions personal and communal justice.
justicecommunitymorality
Sov-Mbang the Soothsayer
1968 Drama (play)A play centered on a soothsayer. One of the few works published in English, it includes debates about culture and modernization.
cultural changetradition vs modernization
Adventuring with Jaja
1972 Children's bookA children's adventure story encouraging imagination and curiosity among young readers.
adventurefriendship
Twilight Echoes
1979 Novel / ProseA work themed on social reminiscence and personal memory, reflecting transitional social conditions.
memorysocial change
The Mask
1980 Novel / Dramatic workA work that deals with identity and representation, depicting contrasts between social masks and essence.
identityrepresentation
Succession in Sarkov
1986 NovelA political drama about succession issues, thematizing power and inheritance.
power strugglesuccession
Sasse Symphony
1989 Novel / ProseA work depicting the symphonic relationship between local community and individuals, incorporating cultural elements.
local communityculture
Retributive Justice or “La Shivaa.”
1999 Drama / Essayistic workA work discussing retribution and justice, treating traditional rituals and legal perspectives.
justiceritual
Bibliography
- I Am Vindicated. Ibadan: Ibadan University Press, 1959 (Kraus reprint 1970).
- Sov-Mbang the Soothsayer. Yaounde: Editions Cle, 1968.
- Adventuring with Jaja. 1972 (children's book).
- 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.
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- concise, direct English proserealist tendencies addressing colonial and transition-period society
- Recurring Motifs
- tradition vs modernizationjustice and moralityeducation and social change
Legacy
Sankie Maimo was an English-language Cameroonian writer and playwright who also worked as an educator. His works often advocated adoption of European values as a means for African modernization and contributed to the development of Cameroonian literature. He received posthumous recognition, including the GPLA Grand prix de la mémoire.
Trivia
- Lived and worked in Ibadan, Nigeria from 1949 to 1962 as a teacher.
- Founded the journal 'Cameroon Voice' in 1955.
- 'Sov-Mbang the Soothsayer' (1968) was noted as the only English book published by C.L.E.
- Posthumously awarded the GPLA Grand prix de la mémoire in 2014.