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Paul Dakeyo (born 1948) is a French-Cameroonian writer. [1]
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Dakeyo was born in Bafoussam, Cameroon. [2] In 1969 he moved to Paris, where in 1980 he founded the publishing house Éditions Silex, later Nouvelles du Sud. [3]
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Paul Dakeyo (born 1948) is a French-Cameroonian writer. [1]
Dakeyo was born in Bafoussam, Cameroon. [2] In 1969 he moved to Paris, where in 1980 he founded the publishing house Éditions Silex, later Nouvelles du Sud. [3]
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