Paulin Joachim

{{Short description|Beninese poet, journalist and editor (1931–2012)}}

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 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)

Biography

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.Thierry Perret, Paulin Joachim, gentleman-journaliste, in Le temps des journalistes. L'invention de la presse en Afrique francophone, Karthala, Paris, 2005, {{p.|69-70}}, {{ISBN|9782845866591}}

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.[http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/cm/africana/joachim.htm Dan Reboussin, Africana Collection, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida] In 2006, he was among the laureates of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for the W. E. B. Du Bois medal.[http://dubois.fas.harvard.edu/about_the_institute/WEB_Du_Bois_Medalists.html W. E. B. DuBois Institute] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704160229/http://dubois.fas.harvard.edu/about_the_institute/WEB_Du_Bois_Medalists.html |date=2007-07-04 }}

Paulin Joachim

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