David Ananou

David Kuessan Ananou was born on 6 August 1917 in Lomé. A primary-school teacher from 1938, he left teaching in 1945. A painter, he exhibited in Lomé, then at the Cité internationale universitaire de Paris. Back in teaching in 1954, he taught at a private school until 1967, then was a French teacher and deputy head of the Nyékonakpoé school. He directed the choir of Lomé cathedral, where he played the organ, received the Order of Mono in 1966 and the Palmes académiques in 1978, and died on 5 October 2000.

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• NovelLe Fils du féticheDavid Ananou · 1955not translated into EnglishLiterature