Bate Besong (1954-2007) bụ onye Cameroonian onye na-ede egwuregwu, onye na-ede uri na onye nkatọ, onye Pierre Fandio kọwara dị ka "otu n'ime ndị nnọchi anya na ndị na-ede akwụkwọ oge niile nke ihe enwere ike ịkpọ dị ka ọgbọ nke abụọ nke akwụkwọ akụkọ Cameroon na Bekee." [1] Ọ nwụrụ na Machị 8, 2007, n'ihe mberede ụgbọ ala n'okporo ụzọ Douala-Yaounde..[1]

Na Julaị 18, 2008, Niyi Osundare nyere Besong ụtụ n'okwu e nyere n'oge 2008 EduArt Awards maka akwụkwọ ndị Cameroonian na bekee.

Ka ọ nwetasịrị ọkwa GCE A na St. Bedes Secondary School dị na Kom, Besong nabatara na Mahadum Calabar ebe o bipụtara nchịkọta uri nwa agbọghọ ya akpọrọ Polyphemous Detainee na Skulls ndị ọzọ na 1980 tupu ọ gụchaa. Mgbe ha nọ na mahadum, Bate Besong na Ba'bila Mutia tọrọ ntọala Oracle, akwụkwọ uri nke ụmụ akwụkwọ deziri. N'ịghọta na aha ya na-apụta dị ka onye na-ede akwụkwọ na-eto eto na-enye ya amara dị ka onye Naijiria na imebi njirimara ya nke Cameroon, Besong laghachiri na Cameroon mgbe ọ gụchara MA.[4]. Ọ bụ onye nkuzi na Mahadum Buea, ebe ọ kuziri site na 1999 ruo mgbe ọ nwụrụ na 2007.[2]

N'afọ 1992, n'oge na-adịghị anya mgbe emere egwuregwu ya bụ Beasts of No Nation, ndị ọrụ nchekwa steeti tọọrọ Besong ma mekpọọ ya ọnụ, ha kpọọrọ ya gaa ebe a na-amaghị ama ebe e mechara tọhapụ ya mgbe akụkọ banyere ntọrọ ya pụtara n'ihu ọha.[3] N'afọ 1992, o ritere ihe nrite nke Association of Nigerian Authors' Prize for Requiem for the Last Kaiser.[4] Besong mechara nweta PhD na Literary Studies na Calabar (Nigeria). [5]

Akwụkwọ

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  1. "A Baobab Has Fallen": Bate Besong is no More!!! – Dibussi Tande: Scribbles from the Den. Retrieved on 30 January 2016.
  2. Bate Besong. Retrieved on 30 January 2016.
  3. Babila Mutia, Summit Magazine, N0 20,June 2012
  4. Joyce B. Ashuntantang. Landscaping Postcoloniality: the Dissemination of Cameroon Anglophone Literature. Bamenda: Langaa RPCIG, 2009.
  5. Simon Gikandi, ed. Encyclopedia of African Literature. New York: Routledge, 2003.