Winners of the 2007 Eduart Literature Awards Announced

December 7, 2007: The 2007 EduArt Awards for Cameroonian Literature written in English have been released. The Bate Besong Award for Poetry published in 2006 was highly contested and the winner is John Ngong Kum for his poetry collection Walls of Agony. The chief judge, renowned poet and Distinguished Professor, Tanure Ojaide of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, holds that:

Ngong’s Walls of Agony is superior in its use of English and poetic language. It has consistency of imagery in the symbolic “wall” that permeates the poet’s vision of life, society, and politics as he explores personal and public concerns. ..Ngong also has a strong sense of form, which shows on the pages of his book. Most of the poems are in regular stanza and that gives the impression of organization and good craftsmanship. There is a sense of evenness in his work. As they stand, Ngong’s Walls of Agony is the best in language, unified vision, and form. He deserves the poetry prize.”

December 7, 2007: The 2007 EduArt Awards for Cameroonian Literature written in English have been released. The Bate Besong Award for Poetry published in 2006 was highly contested and the winner is John Ngong Kum for his poetry collection Walls of Agony. The chief judge, renowned poet and Distinguished Professor, Tanure Ojaide of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, holds that:

Ngong’s Walls of Agony is superior in its use of English and poetic language. It has consistency of imagery in the symbolic “wall” that permeates the poet’s vision of life, society, and politics as he explores personal and public concerns. ..Ngong also has a strong sense of form, which shows on the pages of his book. Most of the poems are in regular stanza and that gives the impression of organization and good craftsmanship. There is a sense of evenness in his work. As they stand, Ngong’s Walls of Agony is the best in language, unified vision, and form. He deserves the poetry prize.”