Bernard Fonlon

Bernard Nsokika Fonlon (19 November 1924 – 27 August 1986) was a Cameroonian politician and educationist who worked on the development of bilingualism in Cameroon.

Early life and education

Bernard Fonlon was born on 19 November 1924 at Kumbo Nso in Cameroon. He began his elementary education at Catholic School and Later proceeded to Christ The King College Onitsha, Anambra in 1940 . He further went to Bigard Memorial Seminary in Anambra State, where he studied Philosophy and Theology. He then travelled to Dublin for his Master's in Literature at the University of Ireland Dublin in 1954. He obtained his PhD in Literature at Sorbonne University Paris in 1961

In 1972, Fonlon became a Professor of Literature and Head of Department at the University of Younde, Cameroon. Fonlon being an educationist wrote series of books including A Case of Early Bilingualism (1963), Will We Make or Mar (1964), To Every Son of Yusuf Amuda Gobir Nso (1965), Under the Sign of the Rising Sun (1965), and The Task of the Day (1966). the entry in Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon pp. 124–125 and obituaryies by Chilver's and Andrew Kishani.