Maximilien Quenum-Possy-Berry
Maximilien Quenum-Possy-Berry, Légion d'honneur (December 5, 1911, in Cotonou, Dahomey, now Benin – October 21, 1988, in Paris) was a politician who served[1] as a senator of the Fourth Republic, representing Dahomey in the French Senate from 1955 to 1958.[1] He was also a teacher of philosophy and a writer on ethnology.[2]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]He was married to Marie-Antoinette Aubert ( Montélimar ) and had five children with her.
Writings
[edit | edit source]His book Légendes africaines: Côte d'Ivoire, Soudan, Dahomey (1946) was a collection of historical legends he recalled being told in his childhood by the elders of his village.[3] The book, aimed at children, won an award from the Académie française.[4] Most of his other books were academic ethnological studies;[3] of particular note is his Au Pays du Fons: Us et Coutumes de Dahomey (1938), which was also lauded by the Académie.[2]
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External links
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