Linus Asong Cameroonian Novelist
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| Birthplace |
Lewoh, Lebialem, British Southern Cameroons
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| Died |
16th July, 2012
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| Place of Death |
Mbingo Hospital, British Southern Cameroons
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| Nationality |
Cameroonian
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| Occupation Text |
Professor of English Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Bamenda (1984–2012)
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| Occupation |
Novelist
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Linus Tongwo Asong
was a novelist from the British Southern Cameroons. Born in 1947 in Lewoh (Fotabong) in the former British Southern Cameroons at the end of the Second World War, he became known as an intellectual, novelist, painter, literary critic, publisher and comedian. He died at Mbingo Hospital on Monday, July 16, 2012 at about 1:00 p.m. WAT. He had just retired from the University of Bamenda in June 2012 and was about to take up a position as a Dean at the Catholic University of Cameroon, Bamenda. He also worked with his nephew, Januarius Jingwa Asongu to get Saint Monica University off the ground, a project that his daughter, Laura Asong, helped bring to reality. He was married to Teresa Ajab Asong and had three children - Laura, Stephen, and Edward.
