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Calixthe Beyala
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Calixthe Beyala is a Cameroon Cameroonian -French writer who writes in French. A Cameroonian author and member of the Beti people Eton people, Calixthe Beyala was born in Sa'a, Cameroon Sa'a to Cameroonian parents.
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What must the child of the doughnut seller have been thinking on that fateful day? Perhaps he thought that in the end, it was all just a big farce? That ultimately, school only succeeds for those who can ostentatiously display their power? Clearly, in Paul Biya's country, people are living in a topsy-turvy world.
The desacralization of school in Cameroon: yet another injustice.
Calixthe Beyala denounces an elitist staging during a thesis defense at the university
I was forced to become a queen in a man’s world.
I would like to see an end to wars and women presidents who would better develop our continent.
Heiress and builder: the epic story of Calixthe Beyala
Quotes about Calixthe Beyala
Beyala has always been saddened by the fact that children in her native country and continent who grew up as she did are left hungry and illiterate and are either used for manual labor or treated as a commodity.
Post-Colonial African Writers: A bio-bibliographical Critical Sourcebook
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Category:Women writers
Category:Black writers
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