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Ferdinand Oyono

1929 - 2010

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Ferdinand Léopold Oyono (14 September 1929 – 10 June 2010) was a diplomat, politician and author from Cameroon. His literary work is recognised for a sense of irony that reveals how easily people can be fooled. Writing in French in the 1950s, Oyono had only a brief literary career, but his anti-colonialist novels are considered classics of 20th century African literature; his first novel, Une vie de boy—published in 1956 and later translated as Houseboy—is considered particularly important. Beginning in the 1960s, Oyono had a long career of service as a diplomat and as a minister in the government of Cameroon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferdinand Oyono has received more than 69,792 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Ferdinand Oyono is the 15,847th most popular politician (down from 14,353rd in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Cameroon (down from 26th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Cameroonian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ferdinand Oyono ranks 15,847 out of 19,576. Before him are Zurab Noghaideli, Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo, James Wani Igga, John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth, François Asselineau, and Michel Sapin. After him are María Corina Machado, Jón Þorláksson, Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., Östen Undén, Anders Lange, and Muiz ud din Bahram.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Ferdinand Oyono ranks 447. Before him are Saeed Jaffrey, Keijo Liinamaa, Olga Tass, Hal Blaine, Giacomo Capuzzi, and Alfredo Pérez. After him are Terry Moore, Costa Pereira, Jan Hertl, Józef Pińkowski, Mateja Matevski, and Richard Dysart. Among people deceased in 2010, Ferdinand Oyono ranks 345. Before him are Thorvald Strömberg, Guy Lapébie, Joseph Kruskal, Romano Bonagura, Boris Tishchenko, and Alexander Belostenny. After him are Heidi Kabel, Břetislav Dolejší, Vladimir Motyl, Janusz Zakrzeński, Jerzy Szmajdziński, and Marie Osborne Yeats.

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In Cameroon

Among people born in Cameroon, Ferdinand Oyono ranks 33 out of 156. Before him are Joseph Bessala (1941), Alex Song (1987), Geremi (1978), Carlos Kameni (1984), Ephraïm Inoni (1947), and Théophile Abega (1954). After him are Cyrille Makanaky (1965), Michel Pensée (1973), Pierre Webó (1982), Emmanuel Kundé (1956), Jean-Alain Boumsong (1979), and Stephen Tataw (1963).

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Among POLITICIANS In Cameroon

Among politicians born in Cameroon, Ferdinand Oyono ranks 7. Before him are Paul Biya (1933), Ahmadou Ahidjo (1924), Issa Hayatou (1946), Joseph Ngute (1954), Philémon Yang (1947), and Ephraïm Inoni (1947).

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