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Joseph Owono
Joseph Owono
	Owono with his wife in Egypt in the 1960s.
Cameroonian Ambassador to the United States
	In office; 1970s–1970s
Personal details
Born	1921; Cameroon
Died	December 17, 2018 (aged 96–97)

Joseph Owono (1921 – December 17,^{[citation needed]} 1981) was a Cameroonian writer and diplomat who served as Cameroonian 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]

References

^ Gérard, Albert S. (1986). European-language writing in sub-Saharan Africa. John Benjamins Publishing Company. p. 156. ISBN 978-963-05-3833-6. Retrieved July 5, 2010.

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[Gérard1986-1] Gérard, Albert S. (1986). European-language writing in sub-Saharan Africa. John Benjamins Publishing Company. p. 156. ISBN 978-963-05-3833-6. Retrieved July 5, 2010.

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