Suzanne Kala-Lobe

Suzanne Kala Lobè (16 January 1953 – July/August 2024) was a Cameroonian journalist and activist. She was a member of the National Communication Council of Cameroon.

Early life Suzanne Bema Kala Lobè was born on 16 January 1953, in Douala, Cameroon. She was the daughter of Sara Beboi Kutta Kala-Lobè and , a pioneering Cameroonian journalist. She grew up in a family of eight children and attended primary school at Petit Joss in Akwa. She gained attention with her column Ma candidate serait une femme ("My Candidate Would Be a Woman") during the Cameroonian presidential elections.

In addition to her journalism career, Suzanne Kala Lobè was politically involved, engaging in left-wing activism from a young age.

On 1 August 2024, it was announced that Lobè had died after a brief illness in Douala, at the age of 71. On her death, she was described as a "strong voice" in Cameroonian journalism.