Severin Cecile Abega
Cameroonian author and anthropologist (1955-2008)
Severin Cecile Abega (22 November 1955 – 24 March 2008) was a Cameroonian author, anthropologist and researcher.
Biography
Severin Cecile Abega was born in 1955 at Saa in the South of Cameroon. He died on 24 March 2008 in Yaoundé, the Capital (political and administrative) city of Cameroon.
At the time of his death, he was teaching at the Catholic Institute of Africa, in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Bibliography
Les Bimanes (1982)
This is book of seven short stories. They all relate to the humanity, and the social conditions prevalent in the Cameroonian society. Full of humor, Severin Cecile Abega tries to show the society as it is in a formal and informal way. His mastery of the language, and his great sense of humor have made this book a classic of Cameroonian literature, especially taught in high school.
The speaker, whose name is Garba, is a professional salesman of roasted meat commonly known in Cameroon as ‘soya’. In the text, he refuses to sell soya to a nurse who, a couple of days ago, refused to give him medical attention at the hospital when he was suffering from an injury.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3511441. VIAF identifies the subject as 264149294363380522091. The Library of Congress control number is n88621655. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1955, 2008 and 1982.
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