Ịgba Besong

Bate Besong (1954-2007) bụ onye Cameroonian onye na-ede egwuregwu, onye na-ede uri na onye nkatọ, onye Pierre Fandio kọwara dị ka "otu n'ime ndị nnọchi anya na ndị na-ede akwụkwọ oge niile nke ihe enwere ike ịkpọ dị ka ọgbọ nke abụọ nke akwụkwọ akụkọ Cameroon na Bekee." [1] Ọ nwụrụ na Machị 8, 2007, n'ihe mberede ụgbọ ala n'okporo ụzọ Douala-Yaounde..

Na Julaị 18, 2008, Niyi Osundare nyere Besong ụtụ n'okwu e nyere n'oge 2008 EduArt Awards maka akwụkwọ ndị Cameroonian na bekee.

Ka ọ nwetasịrị ọkwa GCE A na St. Bedes Secondary School dị na Kom, Besong nabatara na Mahadum Calabar ebe o bipụtara nchịkọta uri nwa agbọghọ ya akpọrọ Polyphemous Detainee na Skulls ndị ọzọ na 1980 tupu ọ gụchaa. Mgbe ha nọ na mahadum, Bate Besong na Ba'bila Mutia tọrọ ntọala Oracle, akwụkwọ uri nke ụmụ akwụkwọ deziri. N'ịghọta na aha ya na-apụta dị ka onye na-ede akwụkwọ na-eto eto na-enye ya amara dị ka onye Naijiria na imebi njirimara ya nke Cameroon, Besong laghachiri na Cameroon mgbe ọ gụchara MA.[4]. Ọ bụ onye nkuzi na Mahadum Buea, ebe ọ kuziri site na 1999 ruo mgbe ọ nwụrụ na 2007.

N'afọ 1992, n'oge na-adịghị anya mgbe emere egwuregwu ya bụ Beasts of No Nation, ndị ọrụ nchekwa steeti tọọrọ Besong ma mekpọọ ya ọnụ, ha kpọọrọ ya gaa ebe a na-amaghị ama ebe e mechara tọhapụ ya mgbe akụkọ banyere ntọrọ ya pụtara n'ihu ọha.Babila Mutia, Summit Magazine, N0 20,June 2012 N'afọ 1992, o ritere ihe nrite nke Association of Nigerian Authors' Prize for Requiem for the Last Kaiser.Joyce B. Ashuntantang. Landscaping Postcoloniality: the Dissemination of Cameroon Anglophone Literature. Bamenda: Langaa RPCIG, 2009. Besong mechara nweta PhD na Literary Studies na Calabar (Nigeria). Simon Gikandi, ed. Encyclopedia of African Literature. New York: Routledge, 2003.

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