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Name
  
Sankie Maimo

Role
  
Writer

Books
  
I am vindicated


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Sankie Maimo (1930 – 4 September 2013) 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.

Tribute

  • Sankie Maimo has been awarded the Grand prix de la mémoire of the fourth edition of the Grand Prix of Literary Associations.
  • References

    Sankie Maimo Wikipedia