| Intro | Ambassador |
| Was |
Diplomat Writer |
| From | Cameroon |
| Type |
Literature Politics |
| Gender | male |
| Birth |
17 December 1921, Cameroon, Cameroon |
| Death |
17 December 1981 |
| Star sign | Sagittarius |
Joseph Owono (1921 – December 17, 1981) was a Cameroonian writer and diplomat. He served as Cameroonian Ambassador to the United States in the 1970s. His novel Tante Bella (Aunt Bella), published in 1959, was the first novel to be published in Cameroon.