Adrienne Yabouza
Adrienne Yabouza (born 1965) is a writer from the Central African Republic. She is of Yakoma heritage.[1] She has written several novels and a book for children,[2] a number of which were penned in collaboration with French writer Yves Pinguilly.[3][4]
Life
Yabouza began writing when she was ten years old.[1] As a young woman she fled the civil war in the Central African Republic and traveled to the Republic of the Congo; from there she fled to France, where she demanded political asylum.[2] She never attended any institution of higher education.[5]
Yabouza was a hairdresser for many years in Bangui, and has held numerous other jobs throughout her career.[3] She lives in the Lakouanga neighborhood of Bangui.[6] She writes in French, and also speaks Sango and Lingala in addition to Yakoma.[1] Her work deals with the difficulties facing women in her home country;[7] the first three of her novels were intended to be viewed as a trilogy.[1] Widowed, she has five children and is a grandmother.[2]
Works
- La défaite des mères, novel (2008) (with Yves Pinguilly)
- Bangui… allowi, novel (2009) (with Yves Pinguilly)
- Le bleu du ciel biani biani, novel (2010) (with Yves Pinguilly)
- Coup d’état, novella, published under the pseudonym Auguste Komelo Nikodro (2010)
- La maltraite des veuves, novel (2013)
- Comme des oiseaux, book for children (2015)
- Co-épouses et co-veuves, novel (2015)
References
- 1 2 3 4 "JournalDeBangui.com: A lire: «La Maltraite des Veuves» dAdrienne Yabouza". Retrieved 2 December 2016. C1 control character in
|title=at position 57 (help) - 1 2 3 "Editions Bilboquet - Yabouza, Adrienne". Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- 1 2 "Adrienne Yabouza". Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ↑ "Citrouille Hebdo". Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ↑ "AMINA Adrienne Yabouza". Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ↑ "Africultures - Biographie de Adrienne Yabouza". Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ↑ "AMINA Adrienne Yabouza". Retrieved 2 December 2016.