Paulin Joachim

Paulin Joachim (born 1931 in Cotonou, Dahomey) is a Beninese poet, journalist, and editor. He was educated in several places including Lyon and by 1971 was a French citizen. He also worked with French poet Philippe Soupault. His two volumes of poetry are Un nègre raconte in 1954 and Anti-grâce in 1967. He was political editor for France Noir, an editor-in-chief for Bingo, and manager for the African Décennie 2. He is also strongly associated to David Diop.^[1] In 2006 he was among the winners of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute "W. E. B. Du Bois medal."^[2]

References

1. Dan Reboussin, Africana Collection, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida
2. W. E. B. DuBois Institute