Nathalie M'DELA-MOUNIER An author from Afrique-Martinique-France writing in French [Return to French — Page originale en français]

Nathalie M'Dela-Mounier lives in Brittany, France, were she has been a teacher and librarian for 15 years. She taught also in Côte d'Ivoire and elsewhere. Looking "white" and perceived as such by others, she is however attached to her condition of a woman of mixed origin, both culturally and genetically. Like millions of people of varied complexions, she considers herself a child of the encounter of the white trader with that mythical, yet very real ancestor, who was uprooted from Africa and sold as a slave in America. Short of being able to put a face or a name to the individuals who are her ancestors, she belives in the power of the word and collective memory in order to transmit historical truth to forthcoming generations.

Publications

A fleur de peaux. [Skin deep]. Roissy-en-Brie : Editions Cultures Croisées, 2006. (135p.). ISBN 2-913059-25-2. Novel.

Sans Patrie. Beignon: Editions Les Oiseaux de papier, 2007.

L'immigration n'est pas une Histoire sans paroles (in collaboration with T. Diakité). Beignon: Editions Les Oiseaux de papier, 2008.

L'Afrique mutilée. (in collaboration with Aminata Traoré) Bamako: Taama, 2012. (48p.). ISBN 978-99952-855-0-0. Essay.

Dernières nouvelles du monde et autres nouvelles de saison. Beignon: Editions Les Oiseaux de papier, 2013. ISBN: 978-2-916359-94-6. [Préface de Mme Aminata Traoré].

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Created: 6 July 2006
Modified: 10 June 2013
Archived: 29 November 2013
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