Sankie Maimo

Sankie Maimo (1930 – 4 September 2013)[1][2] was a writer from British Southern Cameroons. Maimo moved to Ibadan, Nigeria, 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.[3]

Tribute
  • Sankie Maimo was awarded the Grand prix de la mémoire of the GPLA 2014.[4]

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
  1. Tande, Dibussi, "Another Baobab has Fallen! Playwright Sankie Maimo is No More", Scribbles from the Den, 9 September 2013.
  2. Tande, Dibussi, "Obituary: Sankie Maimo", The New Black Magazine, 17 February 2014.
  3. Mbaku, John Mukum (2005), Culture and Customs of Cameroon, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, pp. 80–81.
  4. bamendaonline.com



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