Joseph Owono

Joseph Owono (1921 – December 17, 1981) was a Cameroonian writer and diplomat. He served as Cameroon's Ambassador to the United States in the 1970s. His novel Tante Bella (Aunt Bella) published in 1959 was the first novel to be published in Cameroon.^[1] One of his granddaughters is singer Trebeka.^[2]

References

^ Gérard, Albert S. (1986). European-language writing in sub-Saharan Africa. John Benjamins Publishing Company. p. 156. ISBN 9789630538336. http://books.google.com/books?id=gt07FgJovZEC&pg=PA156. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
^ "Trebeka, our NYC Uberchic for Nov. 2007". Ask a New Yorker. November 2007. http://askanewyorker.com/uberchic.php?page=Nov07. Retrieved 2010-11-14.

Persondata
Name	Owono, Joseph
Alternative names	1921
Short description	Ambassador
Date of birth	1921
Place of birth	Yaounde, Cameroon
Date of death	December 17, 1981
Place of death	Aachen, Germany