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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 ADICHIE – 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 – Simone CAZAC-HEBERT – Maryse CONDE – Delphine COULIN – Lucie COUSTURIER – Tsitsi DANGAREMBGA – Charlotte DARD – Hélène DE GOBINEAU – Elisabeth DELAYGUE – Josette DESCLERCS ABONDIO – Aïda Mady DIALLO – Marion DIBY ZINNANTI – Mame Younousse DIENG – Fatou DIOME – DOÉLLÉ – Madame de DURAS – Nathalie ETOKE – Lauren EKUE – Clémentine FAÏK-NZUJI – Khadi FALL – François-Xavier FRELAND – Laurence GAVRON – Valentine GOBY – Nadine GORDIMER – Rosamond HALSEY CARR – Bessie HEAD – Estelle Bérangère ITOU ZANZA – Radhika JHA – Sylvie KANDE – Baba de KARO – KATOUCHA – Simone KAYA – Aoua KEITA – Fatou KEITA – Hanane KEITA – KEN BUGUL – Angèle KINGUE – LISS (KIHINDOU) – Laure LUGON ZUGRAVU – Michèle MANCEAUX – Tita MANDELEAU – Susan MANN – Nozipo MARAIRE – Beryl MARKHAM – Rita MENSAH-AMENDAH – Martine MERLIN-DHAINE – Léonora MIANO – Madeleine MIGEON – Justine MINTSA – Christel MOUCHARD – Elizabeth-Ewombè MOUNDO – Marie-Louise MUMBU – Ralphanie MWANA KONGO – Adja Ndeye Boury NDIAYE – Mame Coumba NDIAYE – Marie NDIAYE – Lou NIANTIE GOLEY – Adaobi Tricia NWAUBANI – Anne PIETTE – Charlotte-Arrisoa RAFENOMANJATO – Michèle RAKOTOSON – (Princess) Emily RUETE – Noo SARO-WIWA – Olive SCHREINER – Rosette SCHRUMPF – Catherine SHAN – Fatoumata Fathy SIDIBE – Elenore SMITH BOWEN – Aminata SOW FALL – Wilma STOCKENSTRÖM – Khady SYLLA – Myriam TADESSE – Véronique TADJO – Josiane TOUSSAINT – Elizabeth TCHOUNGUI – Brigitte TSOBGNY – Myriam WARNER-VIEYRA – Vivienne de WATTEVILLE – WEREWERE LIKING – Wangari MAATHAI – Phillis WHEATLEY – Adrienne YABOUZA

VIDEOS
Marguerite ABOUET – Chimamanda Ngozi ACHIDIE – Maya ANGELOU – Clara ARNAUD – Rebecca AYOKO – Adame BA KONARE – Nadine BARI – Kidi BEBEY – Sokhna BENGA – Claude BERGERET NJIKE – BESSORA – Calixthe BEYALA – Fatou BIRAMAH – Jacqueline Fatima BOCOUM – Sylvie BOCQUET N'GUESSAN – Solange Andagui BONGO AYOUMA – Tanella BONI – Angeline Solange BONONO – Hemley BOUM – Adèle CABY-LIVANNAH – Maryse CONDE – Paule CONSTANT – Delphine COULIN – Isabelle COLLOMBAT – Nafissatou DIA DIOUF – Andrée-Marie DIAGNE-BONANE – Bilguissa DIALLO – Sokhna DIARRA BOUSSO NDAO – Fatou DIOME – Waris DIRIE – Jeanne-Louise DJANGA – Charline EFFAH – Emilie Flore FAIGNOND – Khadi FALL – Annie FERRET – Gwénola FLOCH-PENN – Alexandra FULLER – Laurence GAVRON – Assia Printemps GIBIRILA – Mambou Aimée GNALI – Nadine GORDIMER – Fatimata HAMEY-WAROU – Khadi HANE – Lieve JORIS – Jocelyne KAJANGU – Sylvie KANDE – Ndèye Fatou KANE – Fatouma KANE KI-ZERBO – Fabienne KANOR – Brigitte KEHRER – Fatou KEITA – Hanane KEITA et Mariama NDOYE – KEN BUGUL – Liss KIHINDOU – Nacrita LEP BIBOM – Otitié KIRI – Myriam KONE – Douna LOUP – Laure LUGON ZUGRAVU – Eveline MANKOU – Annette MBAYE D'ERNEVILLE – Reine MBEA – Léonora MIANO – Annie Cécile MOKTO – Nicole MORIN – Virginie MOUANDA – Marie-Françoise MOULADY-IBOVI – Touhfat MOUHTARE – Yolande MUKAGASANA – Scholastique MUKASONGA – Marie-Louise MUMBU – Ralphanie MWANA KONGO – Tomaino NDAM NJOYA – Marie NDIAYE – Ndèye Astou NDIAYE – Mariama NDOYE – Soda NDOYE – Katoucha NIANE – Souade NIANG – Fathia RADJABOU – Michèle RAKOTOSON – Isabelle ROCHET – Sylvia SERBIN – Fatoumata SIDIBE – Aminata SOW FALL – Khady SYLLA – Véronique TADJO – Elizabeth TCHOUNGI – Fantah TOURE – Aminata Dramane TRAORE – WEREWERE LIKING

BOOK REVIEWS (IN FRENCH)
Marguerite ABOUET & Clément OUBRERIE (1) (2) – Chimamanda Ngozi ADICHIE (1) (2) – Jeannette AHONSOU – Henriette AKOFA – Assamala AMOI – Koumealo ANATE – Sefi ATTA – Mariama BÂ – Sokhna BENGA – BESSORA – Fatou BIRAMAH – Noëlle BIZI BAZOUMA – Tanella BONI – Amaka BROKE – Aya CISSOKO – Maryse CONDE (1) (2) – Aurore COSTA (1) (2) – Corinne D'ALMEIDA – Olympe DE GOUGES – Muriel DIALLO – Nafissatou DIA DIOUF – Fatou DIOME (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) – Madame de DURAS – Akoua EKUE – Lauren EKUE – Buchi EMECHETA – Clémentine Madiya FAÏK-NZUJI – GAD AMI – Maggie GEE – Rosamund HADEN – Khadi HANE (1) (2) – Isabelle JARRY – KAÏSSA – Fatoumata KANE – Doris KELANOU (1) (2) – KEN BUGUL (1) (2) – Constance Mariam KOMARA – Thérèse KUOH MOUKOURY – Anne LENNER – Doris LESSING – LISS – Laure LUGON ZUGRAVU – Jackie MACRI – Jeanne MAQUET-TOMBU – Francesca MARCIANO – Rita MENSAH AMENDAH (1) (2) – Edna MEREY-APINDA – Edna MEREY-APINDA (et neuf autres écrivaines du Gabon) – Léonora MIANO (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) – Priscillia MPEMBA EBOSI AUROLE – Scholastique MUKASONGA (1) (2) – Marie-Louise MUMBU – Marie NDIAYE (1) (2) (3) (4) – Nadia ORIGO – Nathasha PEMBA – Roger RANSY – Katherine SCHOLES – Gillian SLOVO – Aminata SOW FALL – Myriam TADESSE – Véronique TADJO – Laklaba TALAKAENA – Elisabeth, TCHOUNGUI – Marie-Léontine TSIBINDA – WEREWERE LIKING – Diedrich WESTERMANN – Zoë WICOMB – Kharine YIDIKA – 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) – 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.