Biography
John Nkemngong Nkengasong is a Cameroonian playwright, poet, novelist and critic.
An origin of the Nweh tribe in the Lebialem Division of the South West Province of Cameroon, Nkengasong was educated at Seat of Wisdom College Fontem and later the University of Yaounde1 where he obtained a PhD and where he is Associate Professor in african and British Literary Studies. He is the current president of the Anglophone Cameroon Writers’ Association.
Drawing inspiration from Nweh culture and the experimental bilingual status of his country, his writings focus on topical societal issues and the traumatic experiences of post-colonialism.
An origin of the Nweh tribe in the Lebialem Division of the South West Province of Cameroon, Nkengasong was educated at Seat of Wisdom College Fontem and later the University of Yaounde1 where he obtained a PhD and where he is Associate Professor in african and British Literary Studies. He is the current president of the Anglophone Cameroon Writers’ Association.
Drawing inspiration from Nweh culture and the experimental bilingual status of his country, his writings focus on topical societal issues and the traumatic experiences of post-colonialism.
Books by John Nkemngong Nkengasong
Perspectives on Cameroonian ar
Perspectives on Cameroonian art, archaeology and culture
Achakasara
Achakasara
Black caps and red feathers an
Black caps and red feathers and Ancestral Earth (two plays)
W.B. Yeats and T.S. Eliot
W.B. Yeats and T.S. Eliot
Across the Mongolo
Across the Mongolo
A stylistic approach to litera
A stylistic approach to literary appreciation
A Stylistic Guide to Literary
A Stylistic Guide to Literary Appreciation
Black Caps and Red Feathers
Black Caps and Red Feathers
Letters to Marion
Letters to Marion