Background
Josué Yoroba Guébo was born on July 21, 1972 in Abidjan, the economic capital of Côte d"Ivoire.
Josué Yoroba Guébo was born on July 21, 1972 in Abidjan, the economic capital of Côte d"Ivoire.
Holder of a Doctor of Philosophy in History and Philosophy of Sciences, Josué Guébo is also teacher-researcher
One of the major figures of poetry in Africa, Josué Guébo is a political and sensitive writer He is the chairperson of the Ivoirian Writers" Association (AECI) and the U Tam"si Prize, 2014. He started writing poetry while still young.
He wrote his first poem when he was twelve or thirteen years old.
His interest for literature led him to read the works of Aimé Césaire or those of Paul Verlaine. He was also influenced by the great African writers he discovered during his school and university course.