| Joseph Owono | |
| Office1: | Cameroonian Ambassador to the United States |
| Term Start1: | 1970s |
| Term End1: | 1970s |
| Birth Place: | Cameroon |
| Death Date: | December 17, |
Joseph Owono (1921 – December 17, 1981) was a Cameroonian writer and diplomat. He served as Cameroonian Ambassador to the United States in the 1970s. His novel Tante Bella (Aunt Bella), published in 1959, was the first novel to be published in Cameroon.[1]