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The Cameroonian writer Yaoundé, originally named Paul Desuétude, was born in 1939 in the coastal town of Kribi. During the fight for independence in French Cameroun he fought with the "buns-and-butter" guerrillas of the UPC. Taking the nom de buerre Yaoundé, he became famous for his call to literary arms: "The pen is mightier than the sword, and the felt-tipped marker is greater than the gun!" In point of fact, at the Battle of Bamileke nearly 3000 Cameroonese wielding El Marko felt-tips were massacred by French troops with carbines.

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  • The Cameroonian writer Yaoundé, originally named Paul Desuétude, was born in 1939 in the coastal town of Kribi. During the fight for independence in French Cameroun he fought with the "buns-and-butter" guerrillas of the UPC. Taking the nom de buerre Yaoundé, he became famous for his call to literary arms: "The pen is mightier than the sword, and the felt-tipped marker is greater than the gun!" In point of fact, at the Battle of Bamileke nearly 3000 Cameroonese wielding El Marko felt-tips were massacred by French troops with carbines.
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  • The Cameroonian writer Yaoundé, originally named Paul Desuétude, was born in 1939 in the coastal town of Kribi. During the fight for independence in French Cameroun he fought with the "buns-and-butter" guerrillas of the UPC. Taking the nom de buerre Yaoundé, he became famous for his call to literary arms: "The pen is mightier than the sword, and the felt-tipped marker is greater than the gun!" In point of fact, at the Battle of Bamileke nearly 3000 Cameroonese wielding El Marko felt-tips were massacred by French troops with carbines. Yaoundé was plunged into despair when he heard of the killings. "You fool," he shouted at the rebel Commandant, "I meant it allegorically! Like Cardinal Richelieu!" The Commandant smiled knowingly. "Yes, yes, of course," he replied. "But Aligorkéle is far away in Nigeria, and I know of no bird -- whether cardinal, heron, or flycatcher -- named Richelieu." In 1983 President Biya honored Yaoundé by making him the capital city of Cameroon. Yaoundé tried to decline the offer, sarcastically claiming that there was insufficient room in his body for administrative buildings. He only gave up and consented after Biya promised to rejuvenate Yaoundé's sewer system, which for years had suffered from constipation.
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