Bate Besong

**Bate Besong** (1954-2007) ɗan wasan kwaikwayo ne ɗan Kamaru, mawaƙi kuma mai suka, wanda Pierre Fandio ya bayyana a matsayin "ɗaya daga cikin mafi wakilci kuma marubuta na yau da kullun na abin da za a iya kira ƙarni na biyu na wallafe-wallafen Kamaru a cikin Turanci" Ya mutu a ranar takwas ga Maris, shekara ta  2007, a wani hatsarin mota a kan babbar hanyar Douala-Yaounde.

A ranar goma sha takwas ga Yuli, shekara ta 2008, Niyi Osundare ya girmama Besong tare da jawabin da aka bayar a lokacin bada lambar yabo na shekara ta 2008 EduArt don Adabin Kamaru a Turanci. 

## Rayuwa da aiki
Bayan ya samu GCE A Level a St. Bedes makarantar sakandare da ke Kom, Besong ya samu gurbin shiga Jami'ar Calabar inda ya buga wakokinsa na budurwa mai suna *[[Polyphemous Detainee and Other Skulls]]* a  a shekara ta 1980 kafin ya kammala karatunsa. Yayin da suke jami'a, Bate Besong da Ba'bila Mutia sun kafa Oracle, mujallar wakoki da ɗalibai suka shirya. Ganin cewa shaharar sa da ya fito a matsayin marubuci mai tasowa yana ba shi daraja a matsayin dan Najeriya da kuma bata masa suna ɗan Kamaru, Besong ya koma Kamaru bayan kammala karatunsa na MA..Ya kasance malami a Jami'ar Buea, inda ya koyar daga shekara ta 1999 har zuwa mutuwarsa a shekarar 2007. 

A shekara ta 1992, jim kadan bayan gudanar da wasan kwaikwayonsa na *Beasts of No Nation*, jami'an tsaron jihar sun yi garkuwa da Besong tare da azabtar da shi, inda suka kai shi wani wuri da ba a san ko ina ba daga bisani aka sake shi, lokacin da labarin sace shi ya fito fili.  A cikin shekara ta 1992 ya ci lambar yabo ta Ƙungiyar Marubuta ta Najeriya don *[[Requiem for the Last Kaiser|Buƙatun Ƙarshen Kaiser]]* . Daga baya Besong ya sami digiri na uku a fannin adabi daga Calabar (Nigeria).

## Littafi Mai Tsarki

* *[[Polyphemus Detainee and Other Skulls|Mai tsare Polyphemus da sauran Kwankwan kai]]* . Calabar: Malaman Jarida, 1980.
* *[[The Grain of Bobe Ngom Jua|Hatsi na Bobe Ngom Jua]]* . Yaounde: Bugawar Drapoe, 1986.
* *[[The Most Cruel Death of the Talkative Zombie|Mutuwar Mutuwar Aljanu Mai Magana]]* . Limbe: Latsa Nooremac, 1986.
* *Dabbobin Babu Al'umma* . Limbe: Latsa Nooremac, 1990.
* *[[Obasinjom Warrior with Poems after Detention|Obasinjom Warrior tare da wakoki bayan tsare]]* . Saukewa: Alfresco, 1991.
* *[[Requiem for the Last Kaiser|Bukatun don Kaiser na Ƙarshe]]* . Calabar: Centaur Publishers, 1991.
* *[[The Banquet: A Historical Drama|Banquet: Wasan kwaikwayo na Tarihi]]* . Markudi Nigeria: Fitowa Ehi, 1994.
* *[[Just Above Cameroon: Selected Poems 1980-1994|Sama Da Kamaru: Zaɓaɓɓun Waƙoƙi 1980-1994]]* . Limbe: Presbook Printing Press, 1998.
* *[[Change Waka and his Man Sawa Boy|Canza Waka da Man Sawa Boy]]* . Kamaru: Bugu Cle, 2001.
* *[[Three Plays|Wasanni Uku]]* . Yau: Cle, 2003.
* ** . Limbe: Gidan Zane, 2007.

### Kasidu da labarai

* "Littattafai a Zamanin Jama'a: Bayanan kula ga Mawallafin Kamaru na Anglophone" Nalova Lyonga, Bole Butake, Eckhard Breitinger (ed) Rubutun Anglophone Kamaru. Bayreuth: RFA/Jamus. 5-18, 1993
* "Wane ne ke Tsoron Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Anglophone I & II". London: Afirka ta Yamma, 7 – 3 ga Yuli shafi 1106 – 1107, 14–20 Yuli 1146,1997.
* "Iyakokin hangen nesa na Manichean da Jarumin Egoist a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Bourgeois na mulkin mallaka": Epasa Moto: Jaridar Harshe da wallafe-wallafen Bilingual. Jami'ar Buea. Vol. 1. Na 479 - 98, 2001.
* "Ontogenesis of Modern Anglophone Kamaru wasan kwaikwayo da kuma zargi: Excursus": Muryoyin Wisconsin Review of African Languages and Literatures. Jami'ar Wisconsin 1414 Van Hise, 1220 Linden Drive, Madison, W1537306 Vol. 1 Lamba 5 1-19, 2002.
* “ L'Ecrivain est mort: Alas, Poor Ferdinand (Son Excellence Leopold Oyono) Amurka: ALA Bulletin Buga Ƙungiyar Adabin Afirka. Vol. 28 Na 2 bazara 119-124.

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