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French anthropologist and linguist
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He was a colonial administrator in Cameroon and Togo. After the colonies gained independence, he returned to Paris, where he became lecturer at INALCO and taught Bantu languages.
References
Denise Paulme, « Pierre Alexandre, 1922-1994 », Cahiers d’études africaines, vol. 34, no 136, 1994, p. 533-5
Alexandre, Pierre. 1967. : Langues et langage en Afrique noire, Paris, Payot, coll. « Bibliothèque scientifique », 1967, 169 p.
