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Ferdinand Oyono


Born
in Ebolowa , Cameroon
September 14, 1929

Died
June 10, 2010

Genre
Literature & Fiction


Ferdinand Léopold Oyono was an author from Cameroon whose work is recognized for irony that shows how easily people can be fooled. Beginning in the 1960s, he had a long career of service as a diplomat and as a minister in the government, ultimately serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1992 to 1997 and then as Minister of State for Culture from 1997 to 2007.

Oyono's novels were written in French in the late 1950s and were only translated into English a decade or two afterward.



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Average rating: 3.72 · 2,769 ratings · 230 reviews · 19 distinct works • Similar authors
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3.74 avg rating — 2,367 ratings — published 1956 — 15 editions
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Chemin d'Europe
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“Life...is like the chameleon, changing colour all the time.”
― Ferdinand Oyono, Houseboy
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“Je serai le boy du chef des Blancs: le chien du roi est le roi des chiens.”
― Ferdinand Oyono, Houseboy
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“I will be the chief European's boy. The dog of a king is a king of dogs.”
― Ferdinand Oyono, Houseboy
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