Sirah BALDE An author from Guinea writing in French [Return to French — Page originale en français]

Sirah Baldé de Labé was born in Guinea, in the Peuhl kingdom of Fouta-Djalon. She is a former pupil of the Teachers' Training College in Rufisque. She has been a school teacher for several years, "a pioneer in being the first woman to teach French in the former peuhl kingdom of Fouta-Djalloo, then a protectorate of France", she has said.

Publications

D'un Fouta-Djalloo à l'autre [From one Fouta-Djalloo to another] Paris: La Pensée Universelle, 1985. Roman.

The village where Gnalé lives is invaded by a foreign army and Mody Tandé, an intrepid soldier from Missidé, abducts this young woman and takes her back to his home to make her his wife. Many years later one of Gnalé's sons leaves his village for the town where he continues his studies...

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