Annette Mbaye d'Erneville
Annette Mbaye d’Erneville (Sokone, 1926) is a Senegalese writer. She is the mother of filmmaker Ousmane William Mbaye, and was the subject of his 2008 documentary film, Mère-Bi.[1]
Career
Born in Sokone, Senegal, and educated locally, she began her working life as a teacher. In 1947 she went to France to study journalism, and since 1963 was active in Radio Senegal, rising to become Director of Programmes. As has also been a journalist specializing in women's issues and in 1963 launched Awa magazine, the first francophone publication for African women.[2] She specialises in writing children's literature and poetry and is associated with the Musée de la Femme Henriette-Bathily in Gorée.
Works
- 1965 : Poèmes africains
- 1966 : Kaddu (réédition des poèmes)
- 1976 : Chansons pour Laïty
- 1983 : Le Noël du vieux chasseur
- 1983 : La Bague de cuivre et d'argent (prix Jeune Afrique en 1961)
- 2003 : Motte de terre et motte de beurre
- 2003 : Picc l'Oiseau et Lëpp-Lëpp le papillon
Bibliography
- Aliane, "Mme Mbaye d'Erneville, directrice des programmes à l'Office de radiodiffusion du Sénégal", Amina, n° 32, juillet 1975, pp. 21-23.
- Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana, « Annette Mbaye d'Erneville (Sénégal) », dans Littérature féminine francophone d'Afrique noire, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2000, pp. 374-81.
- Annette Mbaye d'Erneville (Sénégal), Audrey, future princesse d'Erneville".
References
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- ↑ Margaret Busby (ed.), Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent, London: Jonathan Cape, 1992; Vintage, 1993, p. 330.
External links
- (French) Biographie
- (French) « D'Orphée à Prométhée : la poésie africaine au féminin. En hommage aux pionnières de l'écriture féminine africaine, 1967-1997 » (article d'Angèle Bassolé Ouédraogo, 1998)
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