Marie-Roger Biloa

Marie-Roger Biloa is a Cameroonian magazine editor, television show host, journalist, filmmaker and president of various community-oriented initiatives. She lives in France, from where she hosts a television talk show . In France, she was named a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters. [1] For her work as a journalist, she has also received the Percy Qoboza Award. Ms Biloa owns a website named Africa-international.info.[2]

Early life

Biloa is the daughter of Germain Tsala Mekongo, who in 1957 became Cameroon's first Secretary of State for Civil Service. She went to the Paris-IV University, where she graduated in Germanic studies.[3]

Career

In 1991, Biloa became the editor of the Africa International, a magazine which was established in 1958 and which focused on politics, economic news and culture when Biloa joined it.[1]

Later on, Marie-Roger Biloa joined the controversial pan-African themed magazine Jeune Afrique, which had previously been banned in several Northern African (Arab) countries.[4]

In 1997, Biloa was honored as the Journalist of the Year by the American organization, the National Association of Black Journalists, receiving the award from then United States President Bill Clinton himself.[1]

In 2001, Biloa was named woman of excellence by Unesco.[1]

Launching a television channel

Ms. Biloa announced on October 15, 2018, that she would be launching a new television channel named MRB TV (not to be confused with MRB Productions, an American film producing company), which is a cable and satellite television channel.[2]

Personal info

She is fluent in various languages, including Spanish, English, French and German. Biloa lives between Paris, Berlin and Yaounde, Cameroon.

  1. "Marie-Roger Biloa élevée en France au rang de chevalier de l'Ordre, des arts et des lettres". April 9, 2015.
  2. "Cameroun : Marie Roger Biloa investit dans l'audiovisuel". Cameroun Online. October 15, 2018.
  3. "Denise Epoté Durand, Marie Roger Biloa et elizabeth Tchoungui : les amazones du PAF". October 6, 2016.
  4. Jeter, James Phillip; Rampal, Kuldip R.; Cambridge, Vibert C.; Pratt, Cornelius B. (October 30, 1996). "International Afro Mass Media: A Reference Guide". Greenwood Publishing Group – via Google Books.
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