Tiko

By Shandie Shing Avwontom

"One of the freshest fiction pieces from English speaking Cameroon" Kangsen F Wakai, Publisher Palapalamagazine.com

,p>"Amazing worklovely piece" Dante Besong, Cartoonist, ThePostwebedition.com

"I am happy to see how this piece has grown." Rosemary Ekosso. Author "House of Falling Women."

"it is simply great!...the rich imagery, the photographic, very nostalgic and endearing description,It is a very fine piece of writing" Polycarp Ambe, Literary Critic, Conference Interpreter UNAKRT, Cambodia.

"I converted your words into video in my mind as I readit sounded so real." EST, comment made on Palapalamagazine.com

"Good narrationso real. Could not take my eyes off it. Fombe Phillippe" comment made on Palapalamagazine.com

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
• Release date: Jun 23, 2011
• ISBN: 9781456780067

Shandie Shing Avwontom

Shandie Shing Avwontom was taught by ANA (Association of Nigerian Authors) Award winner, Bate Besong, who shaped his writing philosophy. Early in his writing career, he worked as a newspaper reporter during Cameroon's "annes de braise" or "soldering 90s" Born in Bamenda, he grew up with the challenges of an English speaker and background in the French speaking town of Douala, Cameroon. TIKO is his first published Novella. He is co-author of AnglophoneCameroon: A time for Hope, Nooremac Press 1993

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