Women Writers Initiative

Senegal


BA, Mariama

Birth date: 1929
Birthplace: Dakar, Senegal
Education: Attended the E'cole Normal (Teacher's College) in 1943.
Professional Career: Worked as a teacher for twelve years, beginning at the School of Medicine in Dakar, Senegal, where she also became a regional school inspector; public speaker and writer.

Works

  • Un chant ecarlate. Dakar: Nouvelles editions africaines, 1981.
  • Si longue lettre. Dakar: Nouvelles editions africaines, 1980.

 

MBAYE, Marietou (Bileoma) (has also published under the pseudonym Ken Bugul)

Birth date: November 28, 1948
Birthplace: Louga, Senegal
Education: Attended University of Dakar; also studied in Paris.
Professional Career: She worked as a program director for ASBEF in Senegal from 1982-86. She is currently a program officer in Togo since 1987.

Works

  • Le Baobab Fou. Dakar: Nouvelles Editions Africaines, 1984.

 

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