Marie-Claire Matip Marie-Claire Matip Marie-Claire-Eléonore-Débochère Matip (born 1938) is a Cameroonian writer living in Paris. The daughter of a tribal leader, she was born in Eséka; her father had about fifty children from several different mothers. She was schooled at home at first and then attended school locally. Then, she studied at a college for girls in Douala, where she wrote her novel "Ngonda". In 1956, she won a contest sponsored by "Elle" magazine and Air France that allowed her to travel to France; she returned the following year. In 1958, she studied for her baccalauréat at the Lycée Général Leclerc in
Marie Claire the first non-European edition, although it ceased publication after the 9 September issue went on sale in July 2009, due partly to the economic downturn. International editions of "Marie Claire" have also been discontinued in Estonia (published between 2007 and 2010), Germany (published from 1990 to 2003), India, Philippines, and Poland. Following a relaunch, since 2012, "Marie Claire" has been published in Japan under the name "Marie Claire Style". This new format is offered as a free supplement in the Yomiuri Shimbun and distributed in wealthy suburbs of Japan. The magazine has now been made available at subway kiosks for