Stella Engama, born Stella Irène Virginie Engama on February 25, 1955 in Yaoundé, Centre Region, Cameroon, is a Cameroonian teacher-researcher, novelist, poet, and playwright. She is the promoter of a literary prize named after her Foundation and founder of schools, a cultural center, and the Society of Friends of Literature (SAL). She is a queen in the Eton people.
Stella Engama | |
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| Born | Stella Irène Virginie Engama February 25, 1955 Yaoundé, Centre Region, Cameroon |
| Nationality | Cameroonian |
| Notable works | A Century of Agony Invent Me Intimate Words The Chains of the Right of First Night The Delights of Hell The Feelings We Love |
Biography
editEarly life and education
editStella Engama was born on February 25, 1955, in Yaoundé, the fourth of sixteen children.[1] In 1973, she passed the Baccalauréat G1[2] with honors at the Technical High School of Yaoundé.[3] In 1978, she obtained a Master's in Private Law at the University of Yaoundé. In 1983, she earned a Diploma of Advanced Studies (DEA) in Business Law[1] at Paris II.[4]
Career
editStella Engama held the position of Executive Secretary at the Chancellery of the University of Yaoundé. She taught law at the Technical Commercial High School of Yaoundé and at the Association for the Training of Executives (AFCA) where she was a part-time lecturer. In 1979, she joined the T. Bella Group as an Executive Assistant in charge of Litigation and Personnel. She resigned in 1982[5] to venture into entrepreneurship. She first created, with her architect brother, a civil engineering and interior architecture company called ARDEHCO. Then, she launched the Universal Foundation Stella Engama for Education and Culture (FUSEE) in August 1989, which included schools in Yaoundé and her village in Nkol-Nyada, 25 kilometers on the road to Okola.[4]
Literary career
editIn 1993, she published the first volume of A Century of Agony under the title Mystery of My Life, and in 1998, the second volume, The Broken Universe of a Queen was published. In 2003, she participated in the Paris Book Fair at Porte de Versailles where 40 copies of the novel The Chains of the Right of First Night were sold.[1]
She is committed to promoting Francophone African literatures.[6]
She published Invent Me and Intimate Words, a collection of poems dedicated to problematic love relationships, offering a questioning of social gender relations.[7]
Stella Engama continues to write correspondences. She published funeral tributes to Eno Belinga, Emmanuel Keki Manyo, René Philombé, Cyrille Effala, and Sita Bella.[1]
Family life
editStella Engama is married and divorced, she is the mother of seven children and has four grandchildren.[1][8]
Works
editNovels
edit- A Century of Agony (in French). Editions FUSEE. 1992. OCLC 35049459. Retrieved 2022-03-22., preface by Jacques Fame Ndongo.[1][4][9]
- The Chains of the Right of First Night: Novel (in French). Editions F.S.E.E. 2002. OCLC 52922935. Retrieved 2022-03-22..[1][4][9]
- The Broken Universe of a Queen: Novel (in French). 1998. OCLC 1057377901. Retrieved 2022-03-22..
- The Delights of Hell.[1][4]
Poetry
edit- The Feelings We Love: Poetry (in French). Editions FUSEE. OCLC 57533327. Retrieved 2022-03-22. The Feelings We Love.[1][4][9]
- Invent Me and Intimate Words: Symphonic Poem in 19 Movements (in French). Editions FUSEE. 1999. OCLC 47224391. Retrieved 2022-03-22..[10]
Notes and references
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Stella Engama - Inconsolable Stella Engama". www.nkul-beti-camer.com. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
- ^ "Nomenclature Des Filieres Conduisant Aux Diplomes Decernes Par L 1 | PDF | Diplôme | Niveaux d'enseignement". Scribd. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ^ "Le Lycée technique de Yaoundé, champion du changement des jeunes". Cameroon Radio Television. 2022-06-24. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ^ a b c d e f "AMINA Engama 99". aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
- ^ "Stella ENGAMA - Inconsolable Stella Engama". www.nkul-beti-camer.com. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ "Gabon : Le système éducatif gabonais avec Daouda Mouguiama en agonie sans ses auteurs". 7joursinfo.com. 2021-10-28. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ Eyenga Onana, Pierre Suzanne (2018-10-30). "Invent Me and Intimate Words by Stella Engama or the stylization of a feeling of 'oxymoronic discomfort'". Textes et contextes (13.1). ISSN 1961-991X. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ "Engama Stella". aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ a b c "Engama Stella". aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
- ^ Eyenga Onana, Pierre Suzanne (2018-10-30). "Invent Me and Intimate Words by Stella Engama or the stylization of a feeling of 'oxymoronic discomfort'". Textes et contextes (13.1). ISSN 1961-991X. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
