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Replenishing the earth by Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Muta Maathai is an impassioned plea for the environment and the reinstatement of values located outside materialism and monetary pursuits. Her engagement with the Green Belt Movement testifies to the power of grass-roots organisations in changing people's attitude towards sustainability and self-determination. Created in the late 1970s in Kenya, Wangari Maathai's association led to practical and sustainable solutions to issues confronting women hard hit by deforestation, pollution and food depletion. This book expounds four principles that drove the author's activism, transcend economic, religious and cultural idiosyncrasies and embody universal values, such as justice, equity, responsibility and accountability...
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This site proposes an overview of works by female African authors writing in French and others closely associated with Sub-Saharan Africa. It provides an opportunity to find out more about the authors' life and interests and to get acquainted with their novels, short stories, plays and poetry.

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SOME BOOKS NOT TO BE MISSED
Mouna-Hodan AHMED – Assamala AMOI – Aphra BEHN – Sokhna BENGA – BESSORA – Calixthe BEYALA – Oumou Cathy BEYE – Jacqueline Fatima BOCOUM – Andagui BONGO AYOUMA – Tanella BONI – Raymonde BONNETAIN – Lucienne BONNOT-BANGUI – Maryse CONDE – Delphine COULIN – Lucie COUSTURIER – Charlotte DARD – Hélène DE GOBINEAU – Elisabeth DELAYGUE – Aïda Mady DIALLO – Mame Younousse DIENG – Fatou DIOME – DOÉLLÉ – Madame de DURAS – Nathalie ETOKE – Lauren EKUE – Clémentine FAÏK-NZUJI – François-Xavier FRELAND – Laurence GAVRON – Nadine GORDIMER – Rosamond HALSEY CARR – Radhika JHA – Sylvie KANDE – Baba de KARO – KATOUCHA – Simone KAYA – Aoua KEITA – Fatou KEITA – Hanane KEITA – KEN BUGUL – Angèle KINGUE – Laure LUGON ZUGRAVU – Michèle MANCEAUX – Tita MANDELEAU – Susan MANN – Beryl MARKHAM – Rita MENSAH-AMENDAH – Léonora MIANO – Madeleine MIGEON – Justine MINTSA – Christel MOUCHARD – Elizabeth-Ewombè MOUNDO – Marie-Louise MUMBU – Adja Ndeye Boury NDIAYE – Mame Coumba NDIAYE – Lou NIANTIE GOLEY – Anne PIETTE – Charlotte-Arrisoa RAFENOMANJATO – Michèle RAKOTOSON – (Princess) Emily RUETE – Olive SCHREINER – Rosette SCHRUMPF – Catherine SHAN – Fatoumata Fathy SIDIBE – Aminata SOW FALL – Khady SYLLA – Myriam TADESSE – Véronique TADJO – Josiane TOUSSAINT – Elizabeth TCHOUNGUI – Myriam WARNER-VIEYRA – Vivienne de WATTEVILLE – WEREWERE LIKING – Wangari MAATHAI – Phillis WHEATLEY – Adrienne YABOUZA – Marion DIBY ZINNANTI

BOOK REVIEWS FOUND ON THE WEB (IN FRENCH)
ABOUET, Marguerite & Clément OUBRERIE – Jeannette AHONSOU – Henriette AKOFA – Assamala AMOI – Koumealo ANATE – Sefi ATTA – Mariama BÂ – Sokhna BENGA – BESSORA – Fatou BIRAMAH – Noëlle BIZI BAZOUMA – Amaka BROKE – Aya CISSOKO – Maryse CONDE – Aurore COSTA (1) – Aurore COSTA (2) – Corinne D'ALMEIDA – Muriel DIALLO – Nafissatou DIA DIOUF – Fatou DIOME (1) – Fatou DIOME (2) – Fatou DIOME (3) – Fatou DIOME (4) – Akoua EKUE – Lauren EKUE – Buchi EMECHETA – GAD AMI – Maggie GEE – Rosamund HADEN – Khadi HANE (1) – Khadi HANE (2) – Isabelle JARRY – Fatoumata KANE – KAÏSSA – Doris KELANOU – KEN BUGUL (1) – KEN BUGUL (2) – Thérèse KUOH MOUKOURY – Anne LENNER – Doris LESSING – LISS – Laure LUGON ZUGRAVU – Jackie MACRI – Jeanne MAQUET-TOMBU – Francesca MARCIANO – Rita MENSAH AMENDAH (1) – Rita MENSAH AMENDAH (2) – Léonora MIANO (1) – Léonora MIANO (2) – Léonora MIANO (3) – Léonora MIANO (4) – Léonora MIANO (5) – Priscillia MPEMBA EBOSI AUROLE – Scholastique MUKASONGA (1) – Scholastique MUKASONGA (2) – Marie-Louise MUMBU – Marie NDIAYE – Chimamanda NGOZI ADICHIE – Chimamanda NGOZI ADICHIE (2) – Roger RANSY – Katherine SCHOLES – Aminata SOW FALL – Myriam TADESSE – Véronique TADJO – Laklaba TALAKAENA – Elisabeth TCHOUNGUI – WEREWERE LIKING – Diedrich WESTERMANN – Thérèse ZOSSOU ESSEME

INTERVIEWS WITH AUTHORS (IN FRENCH)
Kiné KIRAMA FALL (1973) – Annette MBAYE D'ERNEVILLE (1975) – Mariama BA (1979) – Thérèse KUOH MOUKOURY (1981) – Adja Ndeye BOURY NDIAYE (1983) – WEREWERE LIKING (1983) – Anne-Marie ADIAFFI (1984) – Sylvie BOKOKO (1984) – Gisèle HOUNTONDJI (1986) – Régina YAOU (1986) – Kesso BARRY (1988) – Angèle RAWIRI NTYUGWETONDO (1988) – Aïcha DIOURI (1990) – Aminata MAÏGA KA (1991) – Mariama NDOYE MBENGUE (1991) – Tita MANDELEAU (1992) – Clémentine MADIYA FAIK NZUJI (1993) – Flore HAZOUME (1994) – Monique ILBOUDO (1994) – Lydie DOOH BUNYA (1995) – Delphine TSANGA (1996) – Rabiatou NJOYA (1996) – Marie-Charlotte MBARGA KOUMA (1996) – Monique BESSOMO (1996) – Michèle RAKOTOSON (1997) – Evelyne MPOUDY-NGOLLE (1997) – Fatou KEITA (1998) – Justine MINTSA (1998) – Abibatou TRAORE (1999) – KEN BUGUL (1999) – Véronique TADJO (1999) – Adjoua Flore KOUAME (1999) – Aïcha FOFANA (1999) – Sylvie KANDE (2000) – Myriam WARNER VIEYRA (2000) – Aminata SOW FALL (2000) – Nafissatou DIA DIOUF (2000) – Anne PIETTE (2000) – Khady SYLLA (2000) – Micheline COULIBALY (2000) – Fatou DIOME (2001) – Aïda Mady DIALLO (2002) – Marie-Léontine TSIBINDA (2002) – Tanella BONI (2002) – Khadi HANE (2003) – Sylvia SERBIN (2004) – Yolande MUKAGASANA (2005) – Jacqueline SCOTT-LEMOINE (2005) – Léonora MIANO (2005) – Bilguissa DIALLO (2005) – (2006) – LISS (2006) – Assamala AMOI (2006) – Lauren EKUE (2006) – Sanou LÔ (2006) – Fatoumata SIDIBE (2006) – Adame BA KONARE (2006) – Marguerite ABOUET (2006) – ADORAS (2006) – BESSORA (2007) – Fatou BIRIMAH (2007) – Ghislaine SATHOUD (2007) – Doris KELANOU (2007) – Marie NDIAYE (2007) – Alice ENDAMNE (2008) – Fatoumata KANE (2008) – Elizabeth-Ewombè MOUNDO (2010) – Marie DÔ (2010) – ECRIVAINES DU BENIN (2011) – Sarah BOUYAIN (2011) – KAÏSSA (2011) – Dominique AGUESSY (2012) – Hanane KEITA (2012) – Miryl ETENO (2012) – Scholastique MUKASONGA (2012) – Maryse CONDE (2012) – Muriel DIALLO (2013)

WOMEN WRITING AFRICA IN COLONIAL TIMES
Aphra BEHN (1688) – Phillis WHEATLEY (1773) – Mme de STAËL (1780s) – Olympe de GOUGES (1789) – Mme de DURAS (1823) – Charlotte-Adélaïde DARD (1824) – Sophie DOIN (1825) – Mme d'ABRANTES (1835) – Pauline de NOIRFONTAINE (1856) – Ida PFEIFFER (1862) – Rosette SCHRUMPF (1863) – Lady Lucie Duff-Gordon. (1865) – Olive SCHREINER (1883) – Emily RUETE-SAÏT (1886) – Lucie FELIX-FAURE (1888) – Raymonde BONNETAIN (1894) – Dr. Dorothee CHELLIER (1895) – Isabelle EBERHARDT (1895) – Mary H. KINGSLEY (1897) – Antonietta LENOËL (1917) – Lucie COUSTURIER (1925) – Gabrielle VASSAL (1925) – Mme L.G. RENARD (1926) – Marthe KUNTZ (1927) – Claire GOLL (1928) – Louise FAURE-FAVIER (1928) – Mme KLOBB (1931) – Madeleine POULAINE (1931) – Madeleine MIGEON (1931) – Augusta LATOUCHE (1932) – O. de LABROUHE (1933) – Denise MORAN (1934) – Vivienne de WATTEVILLE (1935) – Odette DU PUIGAUDEAU (1936) – Karen BLIXEN (1937) – Marthe Eféwélé KWAMI (1938) – Reine BEURNIER (1939) – Comtesse de FORGES (1939) – Myriam HARRY (1940) – Beryl MARKHAM (1942) – ANOMYMOUS (1942) – Marthe SAVORGNAN DE BRAZZA (1944) – Hélène J. GAGNON (1944) – Marie-Louise COMELIAU (1945) – Hélène de GOBINEAU (1946) – Charlotte RABETTE (1947) – Marie WOYTT-SECRETAN (1947) – DOELLE (1951) – Jane VALRIANT (1951) – Christine GARNIER (1953) – Rebecca REYHER (1954) – Anita CONTI (1957) – Madeleine ALLEINS (1957) – Marie-Claire MATIP (1958) – Marthe CHOLLET (1971) – Nafissatou DIALLO (1975) – Aoua KEITA (1975) – Adja Ndeye Boury NDIAYE (1983) – Sœur ELISABETH (1983) – Andrée BLOUIN (1983) – Dr. Anne SPOERRY (1994) – Madeleine JORET (1996) – Rosamond HALSEY CARR (1999) – Josiane TOUSSAINT (2003) – Pierre and Odile MERLIN (2005)

BOOKS PUBLISHED IN 2011
Philomène ATYAME, Les secrets de ma langue — Die Geheimnisse meiner Zunge – Peggy Lucie AULELEY, Les larmes du soleil – Safi BA, Les chameaux de la haine ou chronique d'un vertige – Hadja Kadidiatou BALDE, « Oui mon mari! Non mon mari! » – Masséni BARRY BEN HALIMA, Musulmanes sous les tropiques – Aya CISSOKO, Danbé – Aurore COSTA, Les larmes de cristal Nika l'Africaine III – Delphine COULIN, Samba pour la France – Corinne DESARZENS, Un roi – Muriel DIALLO, La femme du Blanc – Charline EFFAH, Percées et chimères – Lauren EKUE, Black attitude #1 Ro$e – Joëlle ESSO, Hanibal & Pushkin – Adélaïde FASSINOU, La Sainte ni touche – Esther GAUBER, Burkina, rose du désert – Khadi HANE, Des fourmis dans la bouche – KAÏSSA, Le Chant de Yaye : Tracés d'une vie – Sylvie KANDE, La quête infinie de l'autre rive – Pauline KAYITARE, Tu leur diras que tu es hutue – Hélène KAZIENDE, Les fers de l'absence – Valérie Joëlle KOUAM NGOCKA, A cause d'elle – Nacrita LEP BIBOM, Tourbillon d'émotions – Jacqueline Q. LOUISON, Le poète est un peintre – Laure LUGON ZUGRAVU, Déroutes – Jackie MACRI, Ukumbusho. La mémoire de la forêt – Rita MENSAH-AMENDAH, Faits divers et d'espoir – Edna MEREY-APINDA, Ce reflet dans le miroir – Régine MFOUMOU, Descente aux enfers au pays des Droits de l'homme – Léonora MIANO, Ces âmes chagrines – Gilda MOUTSARA, Les papiers de maman – Priscilla MPEMBA EBOSI AUROLE et Louis-Marie MADEGHA, Cris de poètes. L'usure de nos rêves – Elise NANITELAMIO, Passeport pour Douala. Au Cameroun dans les gestes du quotidien – Marie Gisèle NKOM, Les passerelles célestes – Marie NDIAYE, Les grandes personnes – Marie NDIAYE, Y penser sans cesse – Mariama NDOYE, L'arbre s'est penché – Agathe NGO BALÉBA, Peurs virales. – Marie Julie NGUETSE Sans El les dieux ne voleraient pas si haut. – Pélagie NTSAME OBAME, Tant qu'il y aura des rêves – Michèle RAKOTOSON, Passeport pour Antananarivo. Tana la belle – Salimata TOGORA, Deny et Dénistar, suivi de Un 31 décembre – Clariste SOH MOUBE, Le piège TRADUCTIONS: Sefi ATTA, Avale – Helen OYEYEMI, Le Blanc va aux sorcières

BOOKS PUBLISHED IN 2012
Abou'ou, Jeanne Marie Rosette. Lettre à Tita – Marie-élène AMANGOUA-DRUJON, Tempête sur Abidjan – Michèle ASSAMOUA, Le Défi: couples mixtes en Côte d'Ivoire – Peggy Lucie AULELEY, L'héritière du jaspe – Rebeca AYOKO, Quand les étoiles deviennent noires – Sylvie BOCQUET N'GUESSAN, Côte d'Ivoire, le pays déchiré de mon grand-père – Angeline Solange BONONO, Marie-France l'Orpailleuse – Maryse CONDE, La vie sans fards – Josette DESCLERCS ABONDIO, Le jardin d'Adalou – Rabia DIALLO, Amours cruelles, beauté coupable – Sokhna DIARRA BOUSSO NDAO, Magenta – Stéphanie DONGMO DJUKA, Aujourd'hui, je suis mort – Miryl ETENO, Les doux murmures de mon enfance – Marie-Françoise IBOVI, Rue des histoires – Isabelle JOURDAN, C'est comme ça, à Ouaga... – Brigitte KEHRER, Poudre d'Afrique – Jacqueline Q. LOUISON, L'ère du serpent – Eveline MANKOU, L'instinct de survie – Muetse-Destinée MBOGA, Muendu Murime, le voyage du cœur – Moulou MENGUISTE AB WORKE et Catherine LEENHARDT, La petite fille du grazmach a disparu. Saga d'une famille éthiopienne – Edna MEREY-APINDA, (Coordinatrice d'un ouvrage collectif.) Les lyres de l'Ogooué – Léonora MIANO, Ecrits pour la parole – Hélène MILLET, Roman bambéen – Justine MINTSA, Larmes de cendre – Scholastique MUKASONGA, Notre-Dame du Nil – Ralphanie MWANA KONGO, La boue de Saint-Pierre – Tomaino NDAM NJOYA, L'enfer rose – Amy NIANG, La fuite dans le symbole – Perine-Madeleine OBONO, Et puis un jour... – Hadiza SANOUSSI, Sopam, le duc de Liptougou – Aminata TRAORE et Nathalie M'DELA-MOUNIER, L'Afrique mutilée

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This overview of texts written by women writers of African origin and others who have a close relationship with Africa, is sponsored by The School of Humanities at The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia. This project has been made possible thanks to the support provided by the women writers mentioned in this website, the Australian Research Council (ARC), the journal Amina and innumerable colleagues and collaborators.