The tradition behind the tradition: Matriarchy and the contemporary women writers of Cameroon
In 1969, Therese Kuoh-Moukoury emerged as the first female novelist of her native Cameroon with the publication of Rencontres essentielles. In terms of feminist literary expression, she was preceded in the Francophone world only by Marie-Claire Matip who wrote the novella, Ngonda, in 1958. Matip and Kuoh-Moukoury represent the very roots of an innovative literature which would continue to inspire Cameroon's feminist writers. It is a female literary voice which originates from within African culture itself.
Literature, Romance, Literature, African, Women's Studies
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