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Mylène Flicka
Mylène Flicka (born Marie-Madeleine Fifamè Akrota; 22 July 1996) is a Beninese blogger, activist and social media entrepreneur. Biography Marie-Madeleine Fifamè Akrota was born on 22 July 1996. She adopted the pseudonym Mylène Flicka when she was 14 years old, inspired by Mary O'Hara's novel ''My Friend Flicka''. Aged 17, Flicka began her first blog, which was dedicated to highlight issues around women's rights in Benin. It was spurred into action by the declaration of a Beninese businessman that women had no use in the workplace. In 2011 she came first place in Benin's Literary Baccalaureate. In 2015, using money from her student grant, she set up Irawo Media in order to showcase role models for young people from Benin and beyond. She also graduated in Benin with a Diploma from the National School of Administration and the Judiciary. In 2018 she began to study for an MBA in Paris. Irawo focuses on profiling young people from francophone Africa in particular. One of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary O'Hara (author)
Mary O'Hara Alsop (July 10, 1885 – October 14, 1980) was an American author, screenwriter, pianist, and composer best known for the novel ''My Friend Flicka''. O'Hara was a Hollywood screenwriter for silent era films that include ''The Prisoner of Zenda'' (1922), ''Braveheart'' (1925), and ''Framed'' (1927). In 1961, she performed her folk musical composition ''The Catch Colt'' at the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. She was the author of several books including ''Let Us Say Grace'' (1930), ''My Friend Flicka'' (1941), and ''Novel-in-the-Making'' (1954). She died from arteriosclerosis on October 14, 1980, in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Biography Mary O'Hara Alsop was born July 10, 1885, in Cape May Point, New Jersey, the third child of the Reverend Dr. Reese Fell Alsop and Mary Lee Spring. O'Hara, who was named after her maternal grandmother, Mary O'Hara Spring (née Denny), grew up in Brooklyn Heights, New York. Her siblings included an older sister, the writer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Assembly (France)
The National Assembly (, ) is the lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral French Parliament under the French Fifth Republic, Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (France), Senate (). The National Assembly's legislators are known as () or deputies. There are 577 , each elected by a single-member Constituencies of the National Assembly of France, constituency (at least one per Departments of France, department) through a two-round system; thus, 289 seats are required for a majority. The List of presidents of the National Assembly of France, president of the National Assembly, currently Yaël Braun-Pivet, presides over the body. The officeholder is usually a member of the largest party represented, assisted by vice presidents from across the represented political spectrum. The National Assembly's term is five years; however, the president of France may dissolve the assembly, thereby calling for early elections, unless it has been dissolved in the preceding twelve m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beninese Bloggers
Benin, officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It was formerly known as Dahomey. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north-west, and Niger to the north-east. The majority of its population lives on the southern coastline of the Bight of Benin, part of the Gulf of Guinea in the northernmost tropical portion of the Atlantic Ocean. The capital is Porto-Novo, and the seat of government is in Cotonou, the most populous city and economic capital. Benin covers an area of , and its population in was estimated to be approximately million. It is a tropical country with an economy heavily dependent on agriculture and is an exporter of palm oil and cotton. From the 17th to the 19th century, political entities in the area included the Kingdom of Dahomey, the city-state of Porto-Novo#History, Porto Novo, and other states to the north. This region was referred to as the Slave Coast of West Africa from the early 17th century due ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
