Madeleine DE LALLE
    An author from Burkina Faso
    writing in French
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    Madeleine de Lallé was born in a small village in the Principality of Lallé (near Koudougou, 75 km west of Ouagadougou). Her real name is Madeleine KI KABORE. She graduated in Linguistics and became a Professor of Linguistics at the Teaching Institute of Burkina Faso where she has taught for the past twenty years. She is a strong supporter of children learning to read in their mothertongue and has initiated many bilingual programmes for Primary School in Burkina Faso.

    Publications

    Héritage. Ouagadougou: Sankofa & Gurli Editions, 2005. (38p.). ISBN 2-913991-09-2. Personal recollection and ancestral wisdom.

    Arc envolé. Abidjan: Edilis, 2006. (40p.). ISBN 2 913942 25 3. [Illustration by Roger T. Nacoulma and Léon Kacou]. Children's book (poetry).

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    Created: Created: 26 May 2006
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