Aïchetou Mint Ahmedou Explained

Aïchetou Mint Ahmedou is a Mauritanian writer, working in French.^[1]

Born in Boutilimit,^[2] Ahmedou completed her primary and secondary schooling in Nouakchott, where she then studied the sciences.^[3] She has written poetry, articles, and stories,^[2] many of which have been published locally in Nouakchott,^[3] and has produced translations of Arabic-language poetry as well.^[1] In the 1990s she began work on a novel, La couleur de vent, which was published in 2014.^[2] She has spoken about her work at literary conferences.^[4]

Publications

• La couleur du vent : il était une fois à Nouakchott : roman, 2011

Notes and References

1. Web site: Talent: Mint Ahmedou traduit les poésies mauritaniennes - MauriSahel. Collectif. Sarka-SPIP. 15 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161116101806/http://maurisahel.com/article1187.html. 16 November 2016. dead.
2. Web site: AMINA Aïchetou Mint Ahmedou. 15 November 2016.
3. Web site: PAROLES D’ÉCRITS. 15 November 2016. 14 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190714082818/http://institutfrancais-mauritanie.com/paroles-decrits-2/. dead.
4. Web site: Aichetou, Le dialogue entre transmission et échange. 15 November 2016.