Literature: Cameroonian Marc Alexandre Oho Bambe among the five finalists of the "Prix les Afriques 2021”

Marc Alexandre Oho Bambe is in the quinté of the best authors unveiled this Monday, October 11, 2021 by the reading committee of this prestigious literary prize rendered at its 5th edition, with his novel "The Lights of Oujda".

The Cameroonian, or better the Franco-Cameroonian Marc Alexandre Oho Bambe, with his novel "The Lights of Oujda", was designated this Monday, October 11, 2021, among the five finalists of the "Prix les Afriques" 2021. The reading committee of this prestigious prize has just selected it among the five finalist novels of this award and in the race for the succession of the Nigerian novelist and journalist Ayobami Adebayo.

For the 2021 edition of the "Prix Les Afriques", the deliberation committee of the finalist novels was composed of: Philippe Bonvin (Switzerland), Jessica Ratanga (Gabon/Luxembourg), Cédric Moussavou (Gabon/France), Elisabeth Mpina (Cameroon/France), Blaise Samaki (Cameroon), Héloïse Haden (Togo/France), Alain Atouba Foti (Cameroon/Spain), and Natacha Pemba (Congo/Canada).