Régine MFOUMOU-ARTHUR An author from Cameroon writing in French [Return to French — Page originale en français]

Anglophile and Africanist, Régina Mfoumou-Arthur was born in Cameroon in 1972.

Publications

Translation of : Olaudah Equiano (1745?-1797) Intersting Narrative of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustave Vassa, The African. Written by himself. London, 1789. ["Olaudah Equiano ou Gustavus Vassa l'Africain : le passionnant récit de ma vie [The interesting story of my life". Paris: L'Harmattan, 2002. (320p.). ISBN 2-7475-2939-8]. Autobiography.

Olaudah, the son of an aristocratic family in his native land, was torn from his African milieu as a child and taken to the 'New World' as a slave and later, freed. The fate of d'Olaudah Equiano is remarkable and his writing fascinating.

(English language reprint by Vincent Carretta. The interesting narrative and other writings. New York: Penguin, 1995.)

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