Biography
Werewere Liking was born 1950 in Cameroon. She is most well known for her experimental and avant-garde style of writing. Considered one of the leading figures of women writers in Francophone Africa, she founded Ki-Yi Mbocke Village (meaning "ultimate universal knowledge" in Bassa), a training center and community of artists including writers, painters, sculptors and more. In 2002, she was the recipient of the Prince Claus Award for her contributions to cultural and societal development. Writer, performer, and playwright, Liking has championed Panafricanism over the years, and she employs diverse artistic expressions to transcend cultural differences and celebrate African authenticity.
Poetry Collections
On Ne Raisonne Pas le Venin (Editions Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris, 1977)
L'enseignement de l'éveilleuse d'étoiles (Dakar : Panafrika, 2013.)
Le testament de Mima : (les danses denses de l'école de Mima) : chant roman (Abidjan : Editions Tabala, 2021)
La mémoire amputée (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire : Nouvelles Editions Ivoiriennes, 2004)
Statues colons (Nouvelles Editions Africaines; Paris : ARHIS, 1987
It Shall be of Jasper and Coral; and Love-across-a-hundred-lives (Charlottesville, Va. : University Press of Virginia, 2000)
La puissance de Um (Abidjan : CEDA, 1979)
Sources
“Werewere Liking.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 31 Dec. 2021, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werewere_Liking. Accessed 8 May 2022. Hawkins, Peter. “Werewere Liking at the Villa Ki-Yi.” African Affairs, vol. 90, no. 359, 1991, pp. 207–22, http://www.jstor.org/stable/722779. Accessed 8 May 2022. “If I Had a Hundred Arms, I Would Do Many Things.” S&F Online | Rewriting Dispersal: Africana Gender Studies, Scholar & Feminist Online, https://sfonline.barnard.edu/africana/liking_01.htm. Accessed 8 May 2022. “Werewere Liking (1950).” Encyclopedia.com, 8 May 2022, https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/culture-magazines/liking-werewere-1950.
