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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
Chimamanda Ngozi ADICHIEMouna-Hodan AHMEDAssamala AMOIAphra BEHNSokhna BENGABESSORACalixthe BEYALAOumou Cathy BEYEJacqueline Fatima BOCOUMAndagui BONGO AYOUMATanella BONIRaymonde BONNETAINLucienne BONNOT-BANGUISimone CAZAC-HEBERTMaryse CONDEDelphine COULINLucie COUSTURIERTsitsi DANGAREMBGACharlotte DARDHélène DE GOBINEAUElisabeth DELAYGUEJosette DESCLERCS ABONDIOAïda Mady DIALLOMarion DIBY ZINNANTIMame Younousse DIENGFatou DIOMEDOÉLLÉMadame de DURASNathalie ETOKELauren EKUEClémentine FAÏK-NZUJIKhadi FALLFrançois-Xavier FRELANDLaurence GAVRONValentine GOBYNadine GORDIMERRosamond HALSEY CARRBessie HEADEstelle Bérangère ITOU ZANZA – Radhika JHASylvie KANDEBaba de KAROKATOUCHASimone KAYAAoua KEITAFatou KEITAHanane KEITAKEN BUGULAngèle KINGUELISS (KIHINDOU)Laure LUGON ZUGRAVUMichèle MANCEAUXTita MANDELEAUSusan MANNNozipo MARAIREBeryl MARKHAMRita MENSAH-AMENDAHMartine MERLIN-DHAINELéonora MIANOMadeleine MIGEONJustine MINTSAChristel MOUCHARDElizabeth-Ewombè MOUNDOMarie-Louise MUMBURalphanie MWANA KONGOAdja Ndeye Boury NDIAYEMame Coumba NDIAYEMarie NDIAYELou NIANTIE GOLEYAdaobi Tricia NWAUBANIAnne PIETTECharlotte-Arrisoa RAFENOMANJATOMichèle RAKOTOSON(Princess) Emily RUETENoo SARO-WIWAOlive SCHREINERRosette SCHRUMPFCatherine SHANFatoumata Fathy SIDIBEElenore SMITH BOWENAminata SOW FALLWilma STOCKENSTRÖMKhady SYLLAMyriam TADESSEVéronique TADJOJosiane TOUSSAINTElizabeth TCHOUNGUI Brigitte TSOBGNYMyriam WARNER-VIEYRAVivienne de WATTEVILLEWEREWERE LIKINGWangari MAATHAIPhillis WHEATLEYAdrienne YABOUZA

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Marguerite ABOUET Chimamanda Ngozi ACHIDIEMaya ANGELOUClara ARNAUDRebecca AYOKOAdame BA KONARENadine BARIKidi BEBEYSokhna BENGAClaude BERGERET NJIKEBESSORACalixthe BEYALAFatou BIRAMAHJacqueline Fatima BOCOUMSylvie BOCQUET N'GUESSANSolange Andagui BONGO AYOUMATanella BONIAngeline Solange BONONOHemley BOUMAdèle CABY-LIVANNAHMaryse CONDEPaule CONSTANTDelphine COULINIsabelle COLLOMBATNafissatou DIA DIOUFAndrée-Marie DIAGNE-BONANE Bilguissa DIALLOSokhna DIARRA BOUSSO NDAOFatou DIOMEWaris DIRIEJeanne-Louise DJANGACharline EFFAHEmilie Flore FAIGNONDKhadi FALLAnnie FERRETGwénola FLOCH-PENNAlexandra FULLERLaurence GAVRONAssia Printemps GIBIRILAMambou Aimée GNALINadine GORDIMERFatimata HAMEY-WAROUKhadi HANELieve JORISJocelyne KAJANGUSylvie KANDENdèye Fatou KANEFatouma KANE KI-ZERBOFabienne KANORBrigitte KEHRERFatou KEITAHanane KEITA et Mariama NDOYEKEN BUGULLiss KIHINDOUNacrita LEP BIBOMOtitié KIRIMyriam KONEDouna LOUPLaure LUGON ZUGRAVUEveline MANKOUAnnette MBAYE D'ERNEVILLEReine MBEALéonora MIANOAnnie Cécile MOKTONicole MORINVirginie MOUANDAMarie-Françoise MOULADY-IBOVITouhfat MOUHTAREYolande MUKAGASANAScholastique MUKASONGAMarie-Louise MUMBURalphanie MWANA KONGO Tomaino NDAM NJOYAMarie NDIAYENdèye Astou NDIAYEMariama NDOYESoda NDOYEKatoucha NIANESouade NIANGFathia RADJABOUMichèle RAKOTOSONIsabelle ROCHETSylvia SERBINFatoumata SIDIBEAminata SOW FALLKhady SYLLAVéronique TADJOElizabeth TCHOUNGIFantah TOUREAminata Dramane TRAOREWEREWERE LIKING

BOOK REVIEWS (IN FRENCH)
Marguerite ABOUET & Clément OUBRERIE (1) (2)Chimamanda Ngozi ADICHIE (1) (2)Jeannette AHONSOUHenriette AKOFAAssamala AMOIKoumealo ANATESefi ATTAMariama BÂSokhna BENGABESSORAFatou BIRAMAHNoëlle BIZI BAZOUMATanella BONI Amaka BROKEAya CISSOKOMaryse CONDE (1) (2)Aurore COSTA (1) (2)Corinne D'ALMEIDAOlympe DE GOUGESMuriel DIALLONafissatou DIA DIOUFFatou DIOME (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Madame de DURASAkoua EKUELauren EKUEBuchi EMECHETAClémentine Madiya FAÏK-NZUJIGAD AMIMaggie GEERosamund HADENKhadi HANE (1) (2)Isabelle JARRYKAÏSSAFatoumata KANEDoris KELANOU (1) (2)KEN BUGUL (1) (2)Constance Mariam KOMARAThérèse KUOH MOUKOURY Anne LENNERDoris LESSINGLISSLaure LUGON ZUGRAVUJackie MACRIJeanne MAQUET-TOMBUFrancesca MARCIANO Rita MENSAH AMENDAH (1) (2)Edna MEREY-APINDAEdna MEREY-APINDA (et neuf autres écrivaines du Gabon)Léonora MIANO (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)Priscillia MPEMBA EBOSI AUROLEScholastique MUKASONGA (1) (2)Marie-Louise MUMBUMarie NDIAYE (1) (2) (3) (4) Nadia ORIGONathasha PEMBARoger RANSYKatherine SCHOLESGillian SLOVOAminata SOW FALLMyriam TADESSEVéronique TADJOLaklaba TALAKAENAElisabeth, TCHOUNGUI Marie-Léontine TSIBINDAWEREWERE LIKINGDiedrich WESTERMANNZoë WICOMBKharine YIDIKAThérèse 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) – Ralphanie MWANA KONGO (2013) – Marie NDIAYE (2013) – Fatou DIOME (2013) – Marguerite ABOUET (2013) – Sophie EKOUE (2013) – Khadi SY BIZET (2013) – Liss KIHINDOU (2013) – Léonora MIANO (2013) – Hanane KEITA TRAORE (2014) – Nafissatou DIA DIOUF (2014) – Andreattah CHUMA (2014) – Fantah TOURE (2014) – Calixthe BEYALA (2014) – NoViolet BULAWAYO (2014) – Emilie Flore FAIGNOND (2014) – Jussie NSANA (2014) – KEN BUGUL (2014) – Kidi BEBEY (2015) – Charline EFFAH (2015) – Destinée DOUKAGA (2015) – Alice ENDAMNE (2015) – Nadifa MOHAMED (2015) – Aïchetou MINT AHMEDOU (2015) – Maryse CONDE (2015) – Milie Théodora MIERE (2015) – Conceiçao EVARISTO (2015) – Muriel DIALLO (2016) – Fatou KANDE SENGHOR (2016) – Adrienne YABOUZA (2016) – Aimée GNALI (2016) – Nathalie M'DELA MOUNIER (2016)

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) – Suzanne DE VALKENEER-BRIARD (1950) – 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 BETWEEN THE YEARS 2000 AND 2016
[2000] - [2001] - [2002] - [2003] - [2004] - [2005] - [2006] - [2007] - [2008] - [2009] - [2010] - [2011] - [2012] - [2013] - [2014] - [2015] - [2016]

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.