Aké Loba (writer)
Gérard Aké Loba (born August 15, 1927 in Abobo Baoulé , Ivory Coast , † August 3, 2012 in Aix-en-Provence ) was an Ivorian writer.
His most important work, Kocoumbo. A black student in Paris , was awarded the first Grand Prix littéraire de l'Afrique noire in 1961.
Between 1985 and 1990 he was a deputy and mayor of the Abobo municipality in Abidjan.
Works
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Kocumbo. L'étudiant noir . J'ai lu, Paris 1983, ISBN 2-277-21511-2 (EA Paris 1960)
- German: Kocoumbo. A black student in Paris . Speer-Verlag, Zurich 1961.
- Les fils de Kouretcha . Édition de la Francité, Paris 1970.
- Les Dépossédés . Édition de la Francité, Paris 1973.
- Le Sas des parvenus . Flammarion, Paris 1990, ISBN 2-08-066428-X .
literature
- Birgit Ebinger: Aké Loba, Kocoumbo, l'étudiant noir, Abdoul Doukouré, le déboussolé, Bernard Nanga, la trahison de Marianne . University of Mainz 1989.
- Anonymous: Impéralisme missionaire, sorcellerie et progrès. ètudes sur les missionaires et le christianisme dans l'œuvre d'Aké Loba . In: Neue Zeitschrift für Missionswissenschaft , Vol. 34 (1978), Issue 4, pp. 241-263, ISSN 0028-3495
Web links
- Nicolas Driver: Un attiéké pour Aké Loba. africultures.com, September 23, 2012
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.marabout.de/chronik/laender/ivoire.htm
- ↑ Grand Prix littéraire de l'Afrique noire: List des lauréats ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Association des écrivains de langue française (winner 1961 to 2013). Retrieved September 17, 2014.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Loba, Aké |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Loba, Gérard Aké (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ivorian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Abobo Baoulé , Ivory Coast |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 3, 2012 |
| Place of death | Aix-en-Provence |