Paulin Joachim was born in Cotonou, Dahomey Benin in 1931 and was educated in Dahomey, Gabon, and Lyon, France. After leaving Catholic University Law School in Lyon due to lack of funds, Joachim became secretary to the French poet Philippe Soupault, active in several student journals, and eventually received his Diplôme de lÉcole Supérieure de Journalisme in Paris. Joachim became Political Editor of France Noir and EditorInChief of Bingo in 1960. In 1971, then a French citizen, Joachim became Manager of the illustrated journal of Africa, Décennie 2. Joachim has published two volumes of poetry entitled Un nègre raconte 1954 and Antigrâce 1967 as well as numerous essays and poems in the acclaimed journal Présence africaine.

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