Annette Mbaye d'Erneville

Annette Mbaye d'Erneville was born on 23 June 1926 in Sokone. Raised by the nuns of Saint-Joseph de Cluny, she went through the teacher training college at Rufisque and taught, then left for France in 1947 to learn radio journalism. Back home, she launched a newspaper for women with friends, which became Awa in 1963, and was programme director of the national radio. One of her short stories received the Jeune Afrique prize in 1961. She founded a museum devoted to women, on Gorée, and her son, a filmmaker, made a portrait of her.

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• PoetryPoèmes africainsAnnette Mbaye d'Erneville · 1965not translated into EnglishLiterature