Gérard Aké Loba (15 August 1927 in

Abobo Abobo is a northern suburb of Abidjan and one of the 10 urban communes of this city in Ivory Coast. Abobo is one of the most populated communes in the country with about 1.3 million inhabitants in an area of 6,925 ha (69.25 km2), a dens ...

, in the Abobo Baoule neighborhood – 3 August 2012 in

Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...

, France) was an Ivorian diplomat and writer. He won the

Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire The Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire (one of the major literary prizes of Black Africa for Francophone Literature) is a literary prize presented every year by the ADELF, the Association of French Language Writers for a French original text ...

in 1961. He was also a member of the parliament and mayor of the town of

Abidjan Abidjan ( , ; N'Ko script, N’ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the economic capital of the Ivory Coast. As of the Demographics of Ivory Coast, 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of overall population of the country, ...

from 1985 to 1990.

Bibliography

* 1960 : ''Kocoumbo, l’étudiant noir'', Paris,

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* 1966 : ''Les fils de Kouretcha'',

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

, Editions de la Francité * 1973 : ''Les Dépossédés'',

, Editions de la Francité * 1992 : ''Le Sas des parvenus'', Paris,

References

1927 births 2012 deaths Ivorian male writers Mayors of places in Ivory Coast Members of the National Assembly (Ivory Coast) Male novelists 20th-century novelists 20th-century male writers People from Abidjan Ivorian novelists {{Côted'Ivoire-mayor-stub