Jacques Kuoh-Moukouri Explained

Jacques Kuoh-Moukouri (1909-2002) was a Cameroonian writer and Cameroon's Ambassador to the United States. He is most well known for his 1963 book Doigts noirs. He was born in the Akwa District of Douala on 6 June 1909 and attended secondary school in Yaoundé at the Ecole SupeVieure.[1] Kuoh-Moukouri became a leading administrator under the French and spent several years working in Paris.[2] He had eight children including the French feminist and author Thérèse Kuoh-Moukouri. He died on 15 May 2002.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Who's who in African Literature: Biographies, Works, Commentaries, By, Janheinz Jahn, Ulla Schild, Almut Nordmann Seiler, Horst Erdmann Verlag, 1972,, 9783771101534
  2. The Journal of African History / Volume 21 / Issue 02 / April 1980, pp 255-267 Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980
  3. Web site: Jacques KUOH MOUKOURI . www.academieoutremer.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160825185557/http://www.academieoutremer.fr/academiciens/fiche.php?aId=665 . 2016-08-25.

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