Francis Bebey

Francis Bebey ( born July 15, 1929 in Douala, Cameroon; † 28 May 2001, Paris) was a French musician and writer of Cameroonian descent.

Life

Bebey spent his childhood in Cameroon, but came with his family later to France.

His entire artistic work shall Bebey available in English, French and Duala. For his 1967 novel written Le Fils d' Agatha Moudio he was in 1968 with the "Grand Prix littéraire de l' Afrique noire ", a major literary prize in Africa, excellent. The German translation appeared in 1969 under the title The son of Agatha Moudio. For the novel The rain child, he received the Saint- Exupéry price.

At the age of 72 years Francis Bebey died on 29 May 2001 in Paris.

Works

Literature - German Translation

• The son of Agatha Moudio. railway 1969 First edition with a new title: Love in Duala. Peter Hammer Verlag, Wuppertal, 1987, ISBN 3-87294-354-5.
• Second edition with a new title: Love in Duala. From the French by Winfried Thiemer; dtv, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-423-11749-4.

Discography

• Guitare D' Une Autre Rime (1975 )
• La Condition Masculine (1976 )
• Fleur Tropical (1976 )
• Je Vous Aime Zaime Zaime (1977 )
• Ballades Africa Ines (1978 )
• Un Petit Ivorian (1979 )
• African Spring (1980 )
• Bia So Nika (1981 )
• Rire Africain (1981 )
• Africa Sanza (1982 )
• New Track (1982 )
• Pygmy Love Song (1982 )
• Super Bebey - Vingt Plages ensoleillées (double LP, 1983)
• African Moonlight (1994 )
• Akwaaba: Music for Sanza (1985 )
• Heavy Ghetto, anti- apartheid Makossa (1985 )
• Sanza Nocturne (1985 )
• Si Les Gaulois avaient Su! ... (1986 )
• Amaya (1987 )
• African Woman (1988 )
• Baobab (1988 )
• La Lune dans un Seau Tout Rouge ( 1988)
• Dougou Paris (1990 )
• Django Preface (1992 )
• African Moonlight (1994 )
• No Amaya. 2: Lambaréné Schweitzer (1994 )
• Mwana O ( 1995)
• Sourire de Lune (1996 )
• Travail au Noir (1997)
• Dibiye (1998)
• Mbira Dance ( 2000)
• The magic of the turtle