Shaïda ZARUMEY An author from Mali and Niger writing in French [Return to French — Page originale en français]

Born in Bamako, Fatouma Agnès Diaroumèye, writing under the pseudonym Shaïda Zarumey, spent the first ten years of her life in Niger, a place to which she became very attached in the days of colonial occupation. Thus she is both a woman under the influence of the "Cantaka" and "Taka" of an era dominated by tradition, and a modern woman who has travelled extensively, not only in Niger but also in Africa, Europe, America and Asia. Her poems express both her gift to observe the other and her strong attachment to her origins. Shaïda Zarumey attended primary school in Niger, and high school in Mali and France. She began her professional career in Dakar and Addis Ababa before occupying numerous postings throughout Africa as an International Civil Servant. (From Mariama Keïta, Preface of Alternances...).

Publications

Alternances pour le Sultan. 1982. (44p.). Poems.

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Archived: 16 December 2012
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