Sankie Maimo (1930 – 4 September 2013) was a writer from British
Southern Cameroons. Maimo moved to
Ibadan
Ibadan (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Oyo State, in Nigeria. It is the third-largest city by population in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano, with a total population of 3,649,000 as of 2021, and over 6 million people within its me ...
,
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
, where he worked as a school teacher. There, he founded the journal ''
Cameroon Voice'' in 1955. This was followed by a play called ''
I Am Vindicated'', and a children's book called ''
Adventuring with Jaja''. His works advocated the adoption of European values as a means to bring Africa into the wider world.
Tribute
* Sankie Maimo was awarded the ''Grand prix de la mémoire'' of the
GPLA 2014.
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Bibliography
* ''I Am Vindicated''. Ibadan: Ibadan University Press, 1959 (Kraus reprint 1970).
* ''Sov-Mbang the Soothsayer''. Yaounde: Editions Cle, 1968.
* ''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.
Notes
Cameroonian newspaper publishers (people)
Cameroonian dramatists and playwrights
Nigerian dramatists and playwrights
1930 births
2013 deaths
Nigerian people of Cameroonian descent
20th-century Nigerian writers
Cameroonian male writers
20th-century Nigerian dramatists and playwrights
Nigerian schoolteachers
20th-century male writers
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