Aleth Félix-Tchicaya Explained

Aleth Félix-Tchicaya
Birth Date:1955
Birth Place:Brazzaville
Citizenship:Belgium
Nationality:Republic of the Congo
Occupation:Charity worker; writer
Language:French
Education:Universite libre de Bruxelles
Genre:Autobiography; fiction
Relatives:Jean Félix-TchicayaYvonne Félix-Tchicaya Tchicaya U Tam'si

Aleth Félix-Tchicaya (born 1955) is a writer and development worker from the Republic of the Congo, who founded the charity 'Les enfants d'Aleth' which addresses child homelessness.

Biography

Félix-Tchicaya was born in 1955 in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.[1] [2] Her mother, Yvonne Félix-Tchicaya, was a government advisor and was the daughter of Jean Félix-Tchicaya, who was in 1955 the first Congolese parliamentarian to be elected to the French Constituent Assembly. Her uncle is the poet Tchicaya U Tam'si.[3] She emigrated to France aged 10, in order to continue her secondary school education. She studied Political Science and International Relations at the Université libre de Bruxelles. She went on to specialize in international development and is a Belgian citizen.

In 1982, after graduation, until 1987, Félix-Tchicaya worked at the Congolese Ministry of Cooperation and Development.[4] During the 1990s, she lived in Dakar, Senegal, and worked as a trade consultant to the government of the Republic of the Congo. In 2007 she established the charity 'Les enfants d'Aleth'. At the time she was being treated for breast cancer.[5]

Félix-Tchicaya has written two books: Lumière de femme is a novel about a young woman finding her place in Congolese society and draws on the authors life; Les mamelons de Jaman is the first volume of her autobiography.[6]

Literary reception

Félix-Tchicaya's literary work is seen as part of a canon of post-colonial Congolese novels,[7] [8] which address politics and corruption.[9] Another important theme in her books is the role of women in the Congolese diaspora.[10]

Awards

Publications

References

  1. Web site: Aleth Felix-Tchicaya. http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=https://www.babelio.com/auteur/Aleth-Felix-Tchicaya/39518. dead. 2007-06-15. 2021-02-23. archive.wikiwix.com.
  2. Web site: Aleth Felix Tchicaya: Les Enfants d'Aleth AISBL. http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=https://expertalia.be/users/aleth-felix-tchicaya. dead. 2007-06-15. 2021-02-23. archive.wikiwix.com.
  3. Web site: Jecmaus. (Congo-Brazzaville) Contre l'usurpation : Lettre ouverte d'Yvonne Félix-Tchicaya. 2021-02-23. Club de Mediapart. fr.
  4. Web site: Aleth Felix-Tchicaya. 2021-02-23. aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au.
  5. Web site: NAPW Inducts Aleth Felix-Tchicaya, Founder / President, Les Enfants D'Aleth, USA, Inc., Into its VIP Professional Woman of the Year Circle. 2021-02-23. PRWeb.
  6. Web site: Trouver sa Lumière de femme. http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=https://www.afrik.com/trouver-sa-lumiere-de-femme. dead. 2007-06-15. 2021-02-23. archive.wikiwix.com.
  7. Tam’Si, Tchicaya U. "Les indigènes évolués dans l’œuvre romanesque de." Thesis.
  8. Book: Thomas. Dominic Richard David. Black France: Colonialism, Immigration, and Transnationalism. Thomas. Madeleine L. Letessier Professor of French and Francophone Studies Dominic. 2007. Indiana University Press. 978-0-253-21881-0. en.
  9. Ranaivoson. Dominique. 2006. Par dessus mers et continents, sommes-nous " un " par la langue française?. Dalhousie French Studies. 74/75. 343–356. 40837734. 0711-8813.
  10. Kodia. Noel. 2015. La litterature du Congo-Brazzaville: du roman d'exil a l'exil du roman ; Literature from the Congo-Brazzaville: from the Literature of Exile to the Exile of Literature. Essays in French Literature and Culture. EN.
  11. Book: Felix-Tchicaya, Aleth. Lumière de femme : récit. 2003. Hatier. 2-7473-0345-4. Paris. 53144344.
  12. Book: Felix-Tchicaya, Aleth, .... Les mamelons de Jaman : récit autobiographique. 2010. Éd. Amalthée. Impr. Trèfle). 978-2-310-00596-8. Nantes. 762651901.

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