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Politicians, artists, athletes, writers, scientists and other notable Cameroonians.
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Mongo BetiAlexandre Biyidi Awala (30 June 1932 – 8 October 2001), known as Mongo Beti or Eza Boto, was a Cameroonian author and polemicist. Beti has been called one of the most perceptive French-African writers in his presentations of African life.
Achille MbembeJoseph-Achille Mbembe (born 1957) is a Cameroonian historian and political theorist who is a research professor in history and politics at the Wits Institute for Social and Economy Research at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.
Djaili Amadou AmalDjaili Amadou Amal is a Cameroonian writer, and feminist activist.
Calixthe BeyalaCalixthe Beyala is a Cameroonian-French writer who writes in French.- Francis BebeyFrancis Bebey (French:, 15 July 1929 in Douala, Cameroon – 28 May 2001 in Paris, France) was a Cameroonian musicologist, writer, composer, and broadcaster.
Werewere LikingWerewere Liking (born 1950, in Cameroon) is a writer, playwright and performer based in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. She established the Ki-Yi Mbock theatre troupe in 1980 and founded the Ki-Yi village in 1985 for the artistic education of young people.
Léonora MianoLéonora Miano (born 1973, in Douala) is a Cameroonian author.
Ferdinand OyonoFerdinand Léopold Oyono (14 September 1929 – 10 June 2010) was a diplomat, politician and author from Cameroon.- Bandy KikiK. She is the creator of Kinnaka's Blog, a high traffic English-speaking website in Cameroon for news and entertainment.
Françoise EllongFrançoise Ellong (born 8 February 1988) is a Cameroonian film director and writer.
Osvalde LewatOsvalde Lewat is a Cameroonian filmmaker and photographer best known for her sociopolitical documentaries.
Hemley BoumHemley Boum (born 1973) is a Cameroonian novelist. She has received a number of notable awards for her novels, including the Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire, the Prix Les Afriques and the Prix Ahmadou-Kourouma. Her novels have been translated into Dutch and English.
Delphine Zanga TsogoDelphine Zanga Tsogo (December 21, 1935 – July 16, 2020) was a Cameroonian writer, feminist and politician. She served in the country's National Assembly from 1965 to 1972. Her married surname was Tsanga.- Axelle KabouAxelle Kabou (born 1955) is a Cameroonian journalist, author and development specialist. She studied economy and communication and has been working for development aid. ) is well-known and discussed.
Imbolo MbueImbolo Mbue (born 1981) is a Cameroonian-American novelist and short story writer based in New York City. She is known for her debut novel Behold the Dreamers (2016), which garnered her the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the Blue Metropolis Words to Change Prize.
Bassek Ba KobhioBassek Ba Kobhio (1 January 1957 – 12 May 2026) was a Cameroonian filmmaker and writer who was the founder of the Écrans Noirs film festival in Yaounde, Cameroon.
Simon NjamiSimon Njami (born 1962 in Lausanne) is a writer and an independent curator, lecturer, art critic and essayist.- Stella ImmanuelStella Gwandiku-Ambe Immanuel (born 1965) is a Cameroonian-American physician and pastor.
Blick BassyBlick Bassy is a Bassa singer-songwriter from Cameroon. Bassy writes his songs in his native language, Bassa. His song "Kiki", from Akö, featured as the theme song for the worldwide launch of the iPhone 6 in 2015.- Claude Njiké-BergeretClaude Njiké-Bergeret (born 5 June 1943, at Douala, Cameroon) is the grand daughter and daughter of the French Protestant missionaries Etienne Bergeret and Charles Bergeret which worked in the first half of the 20th century in the bamiléké area in Cameroon.
- Joseph Befe AtebaJoseph Befe Ateba (April 25, 1962 – June 4, 2014) was a Roman Catholic bishop.
Marthe Ekemeyong MoumiéMarthe Ekemeyong Moumié (September 4, 1931 – January 9, 2009) was a Cameroonian anti-colonialist writer and activist. She was a member of the Union of the Peoples of Cameroon, and the former wife of the assassinated political leader Félix-Roland Moumié.
Ntone EdjabeNtone Edjabe (born 1970) is a Cameroonian writer, journalist, DJ and founding editor of Chimurenga magazine.- Simon MolSimon Mol (6 November 1973 – 10 October 2008) was the pen name of Simon Moleke Njie, a Cameroon-born journalist, writer and anti-racist political activist.
- Juliana Makuchi Nfah-AbbenyiJuliana Makuchi Nfah-Abbenyi (nom de plume, Makuchi), née en 1958 dans la région du Sud-Ouest du Cameroun, est une professeure et écrivaine camerounaise. Elle est aussi la première femme Beba à obtenir deux doctorats .
Marie-Roger BiloaMarie-Roger Biloa is a Cameroonian magazine editor, television show host, journalist, filmmaker and president of various community-oriented initiatives. She lives in France, from where she hosts a television talk show. In France, she was named a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters.- Nathalie YambNathalie Yamb is a Cameroonian-Swiss activist and businesswoman. She is best-known for opposing the actions of France in Africa, which she described as "colonial". She was born in Switzerland and grew up in Cameroon, then went to university in Germany.
VagabonLaetitia Tamko (born October 25, 1992), better known by her stage name Vagabon, is a Cameroonian-American self-taught multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and music producer based in New York City.- Yolande WelimoumYolande Marcelle Welimoum (born October 9, 1988) is a Cameroonian actress, director and screenwriter.
Frieda EkottoFrieda Ekotto is a Francophone African woman novelist and literary critic. She is Professor of AfroAmerican and African Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Michigan and is currently the Hunting Family Fellow at the Institute for the Humanities.- Lydie Dooh BunyaLydie Dooh Bunya (19 February 1933 – 27 March 2020), also known by her married name Quan-Samé, was a Paris-based Cameroonian journalist, writer, and feminist.
Marie-Claire MatipMarie-Claire-Eléonore-Débochère Matip (born 1938) is a Cameroonian writer living in Paris. Her autobiographical novel Ngonda, published in 1958, is one of the first French-language texts to be published by a sub-Saharan African woman.
Christine EyeneChristine Eyene (born Paris, 1970) is a Cameroonian art critic, art historian, and curator.
Gaston-Paul EffaGaston-Paul Effa (born 1965, Yaoundé) is a writer from Lorraine of Cameroonian origin, also a professor of philosophy.
Guillaume Oyônô MbiaGuillaume Oyônô Mbia (2 March 1939 – 10 April 2021) was a Cameroonian writer. An Anglicist, he also taught at the University of Yaoundé.
Max LobeMax Lobe, né le 13 janvier 1986 à Douala au Cameroun, est un écrivain suisse, pays dont il a adopté la nationalité.
Patrice NganangAlain Patrice Nganang (born 1970) is an American writer, poet and teacher of Cameroonian origin, a member of the Bamileke people. He authored the poetry collections elobi (1995) and Apologie du Vandale (2006).- Bate BesongBate Besong (1954–2007) was a Cameroonian playwright, poet and critic.
Bonaventure Soh Bejeng NdikungBonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung (born in 1977 in Yaoundé, Cameroon) is a contemporary art curator and writer. He lives in Berlin.- Evelyne Mpoudi NgoléEvelyne Sono Epoh Mpoudi Ngolé, also Ngollé (born 1953), is a Cameroonian French-language author and educator. Her first novel, Sous la cendre le feu (Fire under the Ashes), was published in 1990.
- Jeanne Ngo MaiJeanne Ngo Mai (1933 – 2008) was a Cameroonian writer writing in French.
Lionel MangaLionel Manga (1 June 1955 – 15 December 2024) was a Cameroonian writer and cultural critic. His 2008 book, L'Ivresse du Papillon, discusses Cameroonian visual artists such as Goddy Leye, Guy Wouété and Joseph-Francis Sumégné among others.- Maka KottoLéopold-Marcel Kotto-Maka (born December 7, 1961), known as Maka Kotto, is a Cameroonian-born Canadian politician and actor. Educated in France, Kotto immigrated to Quebec, Canada, where he was an educator before entering politics.
Paul DakeyoPaul Dakeyo (born 1948) is a French-Cameroonian writer.- René PhilombéRené Philombé (René Philombe), pen name of Philippe Louis Ombedé (13 November 1930 – 25 October 2001), born in the city of Ngaoundéré, was a Cameroonian writer, journalist, poet, novelist, and playwright who mostly wrote in French.
- Sankie MaimoSankie Maimo (1930 – 4 September 2013) was a writer from British Southern Cameroons. Maimo moved to Ibadan, Nigeria, where he worked as a school teacher. He stayed in Nigeria from 1949 to 1962, where he founded the journal Cameroon Voice in 1955.
- Severin Cecile AbegaSeverin Cecile Abega (22 November 1955 – 24 March 2008) was a Cameroonian author, anthropologist and researcher.
Stacey FruStacey Fru is a South African writer. Having published her debut novel Smelly Cats in 2015, she is thought to be Africa's youngest published author by the news provider Independent Online.
