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Emmanuel Matateyou
, b. 1952
Emanuel Matateyou is a writer and a professor at the Ecole Normale Supérieure, University of Yaoundé 1. He is a former Fulbright scholar and has published widely on oral literature and Cameroonian culture and languages. Some of his publications include: An Anthology of myths, legends and folktales from Cameroon (1997), Les Merveilleux récits de Tita Ki (2001), Parlons Bamoun (2001), Problématique d’une conciliation du réel et l’irréel (1999), Les sociétés secrètes dans la littérature camerounaise le cas des Bamoun. 2. vol. (1990).
Bio prepared by Daniel A. Nkemleke, University of Yaoundé 1, nkemlekedan@yahoo.com
Records in database:
- How Dogs Came to Live as Domestic Animals
- Mbumanje and the Bamum Royal Pipe [Mbumanjé et la pipe du roi]
- Mitofchuofoyn – Wiser than the King
- Myth of Ntiteuh (the Most Beautiful Woman on Earth) Who Married the Sky King
- The Origin of the Dry and Rainy Seasons
- Why Moon and Sun Live in Sky
- Why People Die and Do Not Come Back
- Why the Thumb is Short
- Why Tortoise Has a Cracked Shell
