Jean Ikellé-Matiba (April 26, 1936–1984) was a Cameroonian writer born in the

Sanaga-Maritime division Sanaga-Maritime is a department of Littoral Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 9,311 km and as of 2001 had a total population of 167,661. The capital of the department lies at Édéa. Subdivisions The department is divi ...

, Littoral Province, Cameroon. He studied in Paris and worked in France and Germany.

Notable works

*Cette Afrique là !(1963): written in French it is a political literature which examines Cameroons colonial periods. *Adler und Lilie in Kamerun : Lebensbericht eines Afrikaners (1966) : written in German, it is the biography of an African who lived and worked under German and French colonial administration

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Cameroonian male writers People from Littoral Region (Cameroon) 1936 births 1984 deaths 20th-century Cameroonian writers Cameroonian expatriates in France Cameroonian expatriates in Germany 20th-century male writers {{Cameroon-writer-stub