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Togolese Writers
This is a list of Togolese writers. * Jeannette D. Ahonsou (born 1954), novelist * Gad Ami (born 1958), novelist * David Ananou (1917–2000), novelist * Félix Couchoro (1900–1968), novelist, also connected with Benin * Richard Dogbeh, also connected with Benin, Senegal and Côte d'Ivoire (1932–2003), novelist and educator * Kossi Efoui (born 1962), playwright * Christiane Akoua Ekue (born 1954), French-language novelist * Pyabelo Chaold Kouly (born 1943), autobiographical writer and novelist * Tété-Michel Kpomassie (born 1941), explorer and writer * Farida Nabourema (born 1990), human rights activist, writer and blogger * Stanislas Ocloo (died 2010), journalist * Senouvo Agbota Zinsou (born 1946), playwright and short story writer See also *List of African writers by country References Togolese Writers A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles and techniques to communicate ideas. Writers produce different forms of liter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Togo
Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its capital, Lomé, is located. It covers about with a population of approximately 8 million, and has a width of less than between Ghana and its eastern neighbor Benin. From the 11th to the 16th century, tribes entered the region from various directions. From the 16th century to the 18th century, the coastal region was a trading center for Europeans to purchase slaves, earning Togo and the surrounding region the name "The Slave Coast". In 1884, Germany declared a region including a protectorate called Togoland. After World War I, rule over Togo was transferred to France. Togo gained its independence from France in 1960. In 1967, Gnassingbé Eyadéma led a successful military coup d'état, after which he became president of an anti-communist, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyabelo Chaold Kouly
Pyabelo Chaold Kouly (Pyabèlo Bernadette Chaold Kouli) is a Togolese author. Born in 1943 in Pagouda, Togo, she subsequently migrated to Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ... in 1961 to study as a laboratory assistant. She is one of the few female Togolese writers to be published. Selected works * Souvenirs de douze années passées en République Fédérale d'Allemagne (Memories of Twelve Years Spent in Germany) 1975, published 1978. * Brief von einer Togolesin an ihre Bekannten und Freunde in Deutschland. * Le Caneton égaré. Lomé: Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines. OCLC 36933011 * Enfants à la ferme de Lama-Tessi * Fala, le redoutable. Lomé: Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines. OCLC 36933041 * Le Missionnaire de Pessaré Kouloum Lomé: Les Nouvelles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Writers By Nationality
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Douglas Killam
Gordon Douglas Killam (1930-2020), known to friends as Doug Killam, was a Canadian scholar of African literature. Life Killam was born on August 26, 1930, the son of Harry and Margaret Killam of British Columbia. After working as a producer with CBC Television, he gained a PhD from University College London in 1964 and moved into academia. He travelled and taught in Africa, in Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Tanzania. He also taught at Canadian Universities, including UBC, the University of Alberta and University of Acadia. At the University of York he was the Foujnding Master of Bethune College. At the University of Guelph he made the Department of English a recognised centre of post-colonial studies. Predeceased by his wife Shelagh (née Anderson) in 1996, Killam died on November 17, 2020 of Parkinson's disease Parkinson's disease (PD), or simply Parkinson's, is a long-term degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that mainly affects the motor system. The symptoms us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Gikandi
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List Of African Writers By Country
This is a list of prominent and notable writers from Africa. It includes poets, novelists, children's writers, essayists, and scholars, listed by country. Algeria ''See: List of Algerian writers'' Angola ''See: List of Angolan writers'' Benin ''See: List of Beninese writers'' Botswana * Galesiti Baruti, novelist and academic * Unity Dow (1959–), judge, human rights activist, writer and minister of basic education * Bessie Head (1937–1986), novelist and short-story writer born in South Africa * Leetile Disang Raditladi (1910–1971), playwright and poet * Barolong Seboni (1957–), poet and academic Burkina Faso ''See: List of Burkinabé writers'' Burundi * Esther Kamatari (1951–) * Ketty Nivyabandi (1978–) Cameroon ''See: List of Cameroonian writers'' Cape Verde Central African Republic * Pierre Makombo Bamboté (1932–), novelist and poet * Etienne Goyémidé (1942–1997), novelist, poet and short story writer: ''Le Silence de la Foret'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanislas Ocloo
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Farida Nabourema
Farida Bemba Nabourema (born 1990) is a Togolese human rights activist and writer who has fought for democracy in Togo since she was a teenager. When she was 20, she founded the "Faure Must Go" movement, calling for civil resistance in the interests of democracy. Published in 2014, her book of essays ''La Pression de l'Oppression'' (The Pressure of Oppression) encourages resistance from those who are oppressed. In 2017, Nabourema was recognized as "Advocate of the Year (Female)" by the Africa Youth Awards. Biography Born on 19 April 1990 in Lomé, Farida Bemba Nabourema completed her school education with the ''baccalauréat'' in 2007, after which she studied history at the University of Lomé. She grew up under the oppressive regime of Gnassingbé Eyadéma until his death in 2005. He was succeeded by his son, the equally dictatorial Faure Gnassingbé. Farida Nabourema's father, the dissident Bemba Nabourema, was severely tortured in 2003 when she was only 13. As a result, she be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tété-Michel Kpomassie
Tété-Michel Kpomassie is an explorer and writer from Togo, and the author of '' An African in Greenland''. Biography Kpomassie was born in 1941, in Togo, and received only six years of elementary education. His father, a prominent man in the village, had eight wives and 26 children. When he was a young man, he was collecting coconuts in a tree when he was surprised by a python, and fell to the ground. His father believed that his resulting illness could only be cured by consulting the priestess of the python cult, deep in the forest, and so he was taken, through one long night, into the heart of the snake-infested cult. The cure worked, but the priestess required a payment - Kpomassie would need to be initiated into the snake cult. This would require living for the next seven years in the jungle, among the snakes. It was at this time, recovering from his illness and waiting to be taken back to the jungle, that Kpomassie found a children's book (The Eskimos from Greenland to Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christiane Akoua Ekue
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Jeannette D
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