Paulin Joachim
Paulin Joachim (20 September 1931 – 24 November 2012), also known as Paulin Joachim Branco de Souza, was a Beninese poet, journalist, and editor, who later became a French citizen. He is known for his elegant language and was called "a legend of journalism in Africa".
Paulin Joachim
- Full name
- Paulin Jean Joachim.
- Born
- 1931. · Cotonou.
- Died
- 2012. · 15th arrondissement of Paris.
- Nationality
- Benin.
- Occupation
- journalist, poet and writer.
- Languages
- French.
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Born in Cotonou, Dahomey, Paulin was educated in several places including Lyon, France, and by 1971 was a French citizen. He also worked with French poet Philippe Soupault. After his graduation from the École supérieure de journalisme in 1958, he was recruited by Pierre Lazareff for France-Soir newspaper, which allowed him to follow political and intellectual debates on the eve of African independence. Joachim's two volumes of poetry are Un nègre raconte in 1954 and Anti-grâce in 1967. He was political editor for France-Soir, an editor-in-chief for Bingo magazine, and manager for the African Décennie 2. He is also associated with David Diop. In 2006, he was among the laureat es of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for the W. E. B. Du Bois medal.
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Paulin Joachim (20 September 1931 – 24 November 2012) is documented in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Paulin Joachim was born in Cotonou (20 September 1931) and died in Paris (24 November 2012).
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- 1.« Paulin Branco de Souza: Joachim dit Bingo! Un dinosaure du journalisme africain se révèle », in Mutations, 20 November 2003 https://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200311200820.html (in French)
- 2.Thierry Perret, Paulin Joachim, gentleman-journaliste, in Le temps des journalistes. L'invention de la presse en Afrique francophone, Karthala, Paris, 2005, ,
- 3.Dan Reboussin, Africana Collection, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.
- 4.W. E. B. DuBois Institute
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- Pierre Amrouche, Paulin Joachim, un Africain d'autrefois (1931-2012), in Présence africaine, 2013/1-2,
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