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List Of Ivorian Women Writers
This is a list of women writers who were born in the Ivory Coast or whose writings are closely associated with that country. A *Josette Abondio (born 1932), teacher, writer, playwright * Marguerite Abouet (born 1971), comics writer, illustrator *Anne-Marie Adiaffi (1951–1994), novelist B *Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo (born 1967), Ivorian-born Canadian poet, journalist *Fatou Bolli (born 1952), novelist *Tanella Boni (born 1954), poet, journalist * Edith Yah Brou (born 1984), digital journalist C * Micheline Coulibaly (1950–2003), Vietnam-born Ivorian short story writer, children's writer D *Jeanne de Cavally (1926–1992), children's book writer * Henriette Diabaté (born 1935), politician, educator, writer F * Fatou Fanny-Cissé (1971–2018), novelist, short story writer, journalist and editor K *Simone Kaya (1937–2007), considered the first Ivorian woman writer * Fatou Keïta (born 1965), children's writer * Adjoua Flore Kouamé (born 1964), novelist L *Werewere Liki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is the port city of Abidjan. It borders Guinea to Guinea–Ivory Coast border, the northwest, Liberia to Ivory Coast–Liberia border, the west, Mali to Ivory Coast–Mali border, the northwest, Burkina Faso to Burkina Faso–Ivory Coast border, the northeast, Ghana to Ghana–Ivory Coast border, the east, and the Gulf of Guinea (Atlantic Ocean) to the south. Its official language is French language, French, and indigenous languages are also widely used, including Bété languages, Bété, Baoulé language, Baoulé, Dyula language, Dioula, Dan language, Dan, Anyin language, Anyin, and Senari languages, Cebaara Senufo. In total, there are around 78 different Languages of Ivory Coast, languages spoken in Ivory Coast. The country has a Religion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatou Keïta
Fatou Keïta (born 1965) is an Ivorian writer of children's books and novels. Education and career Born in Soubré in Ivory Coast, Fatou Keïta had her primary education in Bordeaux, where her father was studying surgery. She subsequently went to high school in Bouaké, where she gained her baccalaureate in 1974. In 1981, she graduated from the University of Côte d'Ivoire, and did further studies in England and the United States. In 1995 she won a Fulbright Scholarship and went to the University of Virginia at Charlottesville to research Black African women writers in the US as well as in England. She went on to become a lecturer in the English Department of the Université de Cocody. She has won awards for her writings for children. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Women Writers By Nationality
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Ivorian Women Writers
Ivorian may refer to: Country * Something of, from, or related to the country of Ivory Coast * A person from Ivory Coast, or of Ivorian descent (for information about the Ivorian people, see Demographics of Ivory Coast and Culture of Ivory Coast) ** Specified Persons List of Ivorians * Note that there is no language called "Ivorian" (for languages spoken in Ivory Coast, see Languages of Ivory Coast Ivory Coast (french: Côte d'Ivoire) is a multilingual country with an estimated 78 languages currently spoken. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regina Yaou
Regina Yaou (sometimes N'doufou) (10 July 1955 – 4 November 2017) was a writer from Ivory Coast. Life and career Yaou was born in Dabou and raised by her aunt in a literary family, and wrote her first poems between the ages of twelve and fourteen. She attended the technical high school in Cocody, where in 1977 she participated in a literary contest organized by the publishing house Nouvelles éditions africaines; this led to the creation of her first work, a novella entitled ''La Citadine'' which has remained unpublished, but which won a prize in the contest. After leaving school she worked for a few years before returning to her studies in 1982; she attended the University of Tours and spent a year at the Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Cocody. She has also lived in Akrou, in the Jacqueville Department. She was declared a winner of literary competition organized by the new African edition in 1977 Yaou completed her first novel, ''Lezou Marie ou les écueils de la vie'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Véronique Tadjo
Véronique Tadjo (born 1955) is a writer, poet, novelist, and artist from Côte d'Ivoire. Having lived and worked in many countries within the African continent and diaspora, she feels herself to be pan-African, in a way that is reflected in the subject matter, imagery and allusions of her work. Biography Early years and education Born in Paris, Véronique Tadjo is the daughter of an Ivorian civil servant and a French painter and sculptor. Brought up in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, she travelled widely with her family. Tadjo completed her BA degree at the University of Abidjan and her doctorate at the Sorbonne in African-American Literature and Civilization. In 1983, she went to Howard University in Washington, D.C., on a Fulbright research scholarship. Career In 1979, Tadjo chose to teach English at the Lycée Moderne de Korhogo (secondary school) in the North of Côte d'Ivoire. She subsequently became a lecturer in the English department at the University of Abidjan until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marina Niava
Marina Niava (born 1985) is an Ivorian film director, film producer, and writer. Biography Niava is the youngest daughter of Pierre and Cécile Niava, both language teachers. She developed an early interest in the arts and literature and won several literary prizes. She graduated from Lycée Sainte Marie d'Abidjan and received the Series A Excellence Award. After receiving her diploma in Journalism and Audiovisual Production from the Institut des Sciences et Techniques de la Communication, Niava won a competition run by Radio JAM in Abidjan and began her career as a trainee host. She later worked as a journalist for Africa 24. Niava developed her interest in cinema while filming a commercial. From 2009 to 2010, Niava served as a co-writer for season 1 of the TV series ''Teenager'', which received the award for best African series at the Vues d'Afrique Festival in Montreal. She moved to Oslo, Norway in 2010 and became communication director of the African Cultural Center. Niava ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Lora
Michelle Tanon-Lora (born 1968) is an Ivorian writer and academic, teaching literary criticism and Spanish literature at the Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan. Passionately interested in story telling, she has created a group of oral story tellers called "Pathé Pathé" (meaning patchwork). In 2009, she began writing children's stories herself, believing that reading encourages young people to show interest in Africa's cultural heritage. Since 2011, she has been vice-president of the Ivorian Writers' Association. Biography Born on 20 August 1968 in Bouaké, Michelle Tanon-Lora heads a one-parent family. As of April 2020, she has three children, a 19-year-old daughter and two sons, one 15, the other 11. After a master's degree in Spanish at the Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny in 1992, she earned a doctorate in literature at the University of Burgundy The University of Burgundy (french: Université de Bourgogne, uB; formerly known as ''Université de Dijon'') is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aké Loba
Gérard Aké Loba (15 August 1927 in Abobo, in the Abobo Baoule neighborhood – 3 August 2012 in Aix-en-Provence, France) was an Ivorian diplomat and writer. He won the Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire in 1961. He was also a member of the parliament and mayor of the town of Abobo in Abidjan from 1985 to 1990. Bibliography * 1960 : ''Kocoumbo, l’étudiant noir'', Paris, Flammarion * 1966 : ''Les fils de Kouretcha'', Brussels, Editions de la Francité * 1973 : ''Les Dépossédés'', Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ..., Editions de la Francité * 1992 : ''Le Sas des parvenus'', Paris, Flammarion References 1927 births 2012 deaths Ivorian male writers Mayors of places in Ivory Coast Members of the National Assembly (Ivory Coast) Male no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werewere Liking
Werewere Liking (born 1950, in Cameroon) is a writer, playwright and performer based in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. She established the Ki-Yi Mbock theatre troupe in 1980 and founded the Ki-Yi village in 1985 for the artistic education of young people. Her novel ''Elle sera de jaspe et de corail'' is a song-novel recounted by an astute ''misovire'' (literally 'man-hater' from misos Gr. "hate" and vir Lat. "man") in writing a journal on nine themes as a dialectic between two men wherein the author of the journal imagines a new race of people uninhibited by the historical baggage of patriarchy and colonialism. She is the author of the African feminist theory "misovirism." She received a Prince Claus Award in 2000 for her contributions to culture and society, and the Noma Award in 2005 for her book ''La mémoire amputée''. Writing Her books and plays include: * ''La mémoire amputée'', Nouvelles Editions Ivoiriennes (2004), * ''Elle sera de jaspe et de corail'', Editions L'Harm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adjoua Flore Kouamé
Adjoua Flore Kouamé (born 1964, in Abidjan) is a novelist from Côte d'Ivoire.Jean-Marie Volet, 'Kouame, Adjoua Flore', in Simon Gikandi, ed., ''Encyclopedia of African Literature''. Routledge; 2002. Life Adjoua Flore Kouamé graduated with a master's degree in law from the National School of Administration of the Côte d'Ivoire. In the 1990s she became a civil administrator and deputy director at the Ministry of the Interior An interior ministry (sometimes called a ministry of internal affairs or ministry of home affairs) is a government department that is responsible for internal affairs. Lists of current ministries of internal affairs Named "ministry" * Ministr .... In 2008 she held the position of Head of the Prime Minister's Office. Works * ''La valse des tourments'' he Merry-Go-Round of Torments Abidjan: NEI, 1998. References 1964 births Living people Ivorian women novelists Ivorian women writers Ivorian writers in French People from Abidjan {{Ivo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simone Kaya
Simone Kaya (February 11, 1937 – June 7, 2007) was an Ivorian writer and nurse. She is considered a pioneer among women writers in Ivory Coast, the first woman to enter the country's literary sphere. Biography Kaya was born Simone Lucrece Lamizana in 1937 in Bouaflé, Ivory Coast. Her family was originally from French Upper Volta, now Burkina Faso, and spoke Dioula, Samo, and Baoulé as well as French. Her father wanted his daughters to learn to read and write, so he sent her off to school in Bocanda. At age 13, Kaya left for France, where she studied to become a nurse. On returning to Africa, she settled in Brazzaville, then Yaoundé, and finally Abidjan Abidjan ( , ; N'Ko script, N’ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the economic capital of the Ivory Coast. As of the Demographics of Ivory Coast, 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of overall population of the country, ..., where she worked as a nurse and social worker. She also became the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
