Fatou Bolli Explained

Fatou Bolli
Birth Place:Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Occupation:Novelist

Fatou Bolli (born 1952) is an Ivorian novelist. She was the second published Ivorian woman writer with her 1976 novel Djigbô.

Life and career

Bolli was born in 1952 in Abidjan, and worked for a period at the Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique in Paris.[1]

Her 1976 novel Djigbô (published by the) dealt with the subject of witchcraft, a subject that has been rarely addressed in Ivorian literature.[2] [3] The book was only the second Ivorian book published by a woman writer,[4] [5] and sold well in bookstores on its release.[6]

She has been described as among the best-known women writers of the Ivory Coast.[7] She was one of only two women writers (the other being Simone Kaya, the first published woman Ivorian writer) included in l'Anthologie de la littérature ivoirienne (The Anthology of Ivorian Literature, 1983).[2] Regina Yaou has said that both Bolli and Kaya experienced frustrations in entering the literary world.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bolli Fatou . Lire les Femmes écrivains et littérature africaine . University of Western Australia . 25 March 2024 . 26 November 1996.
  2. Borgomano . Madeleine . Des femmes écrivent . Notre Librairie . April–June 1987 . 87 . 65–69 . 25 March 2024 . fr.
  3. Book: Gnaoulé-Oupoh . Bruno . La littérature ivoirienne . 2000 . CEDA . 9782865378418 . 353 . 25 March 2024 . fr.
  4. Book: Women & Activism . 1999 . Zimbabwe International Book Fair Trust . 9780797421264 . 97 . 25 March 2024.
  5. Web site: Ivory Coast literature at a glance . Lire les Femmes écrivains et littérature africaine . 25 March 2024.
  6. Web site: Lory . George . Manhattan sous les tropiques . Le Monde Diplomatique . 25 March 2024 . February 1978 . fr.
  7. Book: Ember . Melvin . Ember . Carol R. . Countries and Their Cultures: Vol 1 . 2001 . Macmillan Reference USA . 978-0-02-864947-4 . 25 March 2024.
  8. Web site: Côte D'ivoire Les Femmes Affichent Leur Présence Á Tous Les Niveaux De La Chaine Du Livre . Gender Links for Equality and Justice . 25 March 2024 . fr . 24 July 2015.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Fatou Bolli".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.