Authors & Headliners

Florent is originally from Cameroon. He now lives in Edmonton as an applied economist. Imbued with an in-born passion for writing poetry, Florent has written hundreds of poems and won awards in many poetry competitions. Writing poetry to him is a way to express gratitude to deserving people and for deserving events. His passion for writing poetry began when he was 18. He has written poems in French, in his native Cameroonian language of Yemba, in English and in German. At APAAD, Florent will share his poetry in French and in Yemba, one of numerous ethnic languages in Cameroon.