Angeline Solange Bonono

Angeline Solange Bonono (2 March 1975 – 15 May 2025) was a Cameroonian teacher, novelist, actress, playwright and theatre director.

Biography

Early life Angeline Solange Bonono was born on 2 March 1975. Her parents were teachers and youth counsellors. Her father died in 1979. She attended secondary school at the bilingual high school in Essos, Yaoundé.

Writing In 1981, Angeline performed in the troupe of the bilingual college of Ngoa-Ekellé, playing Kabeyene ou à qui la faute by Julien Mfoulou, later televised. In 1982, she performed in La Secrétaire particulière by Jean Pliya. The second, Les Balançoires, included her piece La femme que je suis devenue in 2006. The third, Cameroun mon pays, featured her work Apostolat de la fourchette in 2008.

She participated in writing residencies, festivals, and intellectual societies such as the Round of Poets alongside Pabé Mongo.

Literary contributions Several authors have analyzed her works. Mokwe Edouard discusses her works in L'afrocentrisme dans la prose d'Angeline Solange Bonono as a response to reestablish Cameroon's and Africa's reputation. Raymond Mbassi Atéba explores the sexual idea brought to writing in his book La Plume androgyne d'Angeline Solange Bonono: du féminin à la masculinisation de l’écriture.

Publications

Novels Marie-France, l'orpailleuse, L'harmattan, 2012 Le Journal intime d'une épouse, éditions Sopecam, Yaoundé, 2007 Bouillons de vie, éditions les PU Yaoundé, 2005

Short stories La Femme que je suis devenue, Editions Tropiques, Yaoundé, 2006

Theatre Déesse Phalloga, éditions Sopecam, Yaoundé, 2006

Poetry Soif Azur, éditions de la Ronde, Yaoundé, 2002 Le Sang en détresse Apostolat de fourchette, 2008

Collective works D'aujourd'hui: 15 poètes camerounais, Édition du CCF de Douala, Édition Les cahiers de l'estuaire, Douala, 2007 Cameroun mon pays, Edition Ifrikiya, 2008, 191p Les Balançoires, Edition Tropiques, Yaoundé, 2006

Stage productions 1981: Kabeyene ou à qui la faute by Julien Mfoulou 1982: La Secrétaire particulière by Jean Pliya Amours à haut risques

Awards 2008: Clé Editions award for Best Playwright