Werewere Liking, 1950-

LC control no.	n 80003280
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	PQ3989.2.L54
Personal name heading	Werewere Liking, 1950- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Liking, Were Were, 1950- Liking, Werewere, 1950- Were Were Liking, 1950-
Associated country	Cameroon
Birth date	1950
Place of birth	Bondé (Cameroon)
Field of activity	Poetry Playwriting
Affiliation	Ki-Yi M'Bock (Performing group)
Profession or occupation	Authors Poets Critics Painters Actresses
Found in	Hourantier, M. J. Du rituel à la scène chez les Bassa du Cameroun, 1979 (a.e.) t.p. (Werewere LIKING) p. 8 (from Cameroun; poet, writer of plays, & painter) Her Une vision de Kaydara d'Hamadou-Hampaté-Bâ, 1984: t.p. (Werewere Liking) p. 4 cover (Werewere-Liking; b. 1950, Bondé, Cameroun) Info. from Univ. of Western Australia, Jan. 21, 1997 (Local professor who met her recently notes her preferred usage is Werewere Liking; New Oxford companion to lit. in French has entry under Werewere Liking with reference from Liking, Werewere) Écriture féminine et tradition africaine, c2009: t.p. (Were Were Liking) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed September 19, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Liking, Werewere; Were Were Liking; dramatist, writer, critic, painter, sculptor, theater performer, dancer; born 1950 in Bondé, Cameroon; founder of the internationally recognized Ki-Yi Mbock theater company; the theater blended music, spoken word, ritual, and, frequently, the use of marionettes; became the basis of her international reputation; self-taught in her chosen arts; developed a striking appearance and persona, which emphasizes Africanness)
Associated language	fre