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Dipita Kwa
Dipita Kwa was born Tiko. After obtaining a B.Sc in Economics from the University of Buea, he taught Commerce and Finance, Economic Geography and Economics at Regina Pacis College Mutengene where he co-edited The Galery, the college magazine before moving on to Maersk Cameroun.
He won a silver trophy in short story writing during the second edition of the University Festival of Arts and Culture in Dschang (UNIFAC2001). His short stories, Honour of a Woman, The Wages of Plunder, The Fall of a Hunter, A Mother’s Heart, When All is Lost, etc. have been published in e-magazines: British Council Crossing Borders Magazine, Ken*Again, AuthorMe, Palapala, among others.
His first novel Times and Seasons was published by Cook Communication USA in February 2008. He was recently published in an Anthology of short stories entitled One World alongside Literary Greats like Chika Unigwe, Petinah Gappah (Elegy of Easterly), Henrietta Rose-Innes (winner of the 2008 Caine Prize for African Writing), Jumpa Lahiri (winner of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction). Dipita is currently working on his second novel Pieces of Silver.
Dipita enjoys writing, watching movies and is looking forward to contributing his portion towards the rebirth of the Cameroonian literary landscape.