Jeanne Ngo Mai
Jeanne Ngo Mai (1933–2008) is a poet born in Poutchack near Ngambe, Cameroon. She also participated in the literary life of Yaounde. She was the treasurer of the association of Cameroonian poets and writers (APEC) for many years. She was a member of the Ahijo literary prize and a member of the Arts and Letters Commission of the international Council of Women. Several of her poems appeared in "Le Cameroun Littéraire". Jeanne Ngo Mai dies in 2008.[1]
Quotes
[edit]- My heart is a monument a monument to the dead which whitens drop by drop, The dew from my eyes whichever way you turn it, From the base to it's summit you discover it riddled with multiple names which hatred daily imprints mercilessly.
- Lines without interline a poetry of a hundred pages, pages without margins. A poetry of a hundred sheets, Sheets without threshold. My poetry of a thousand pages, my poetry without age.