Annette Mbaye d'Erneville

Annette Mbaye d’Erneville (born 23 June 1926) is a Senegalese writer.[1] She is the mother of filmmaker Ousmane William Mbaye, and was the subject of his 2008 documentary film, Mère-Bi.[1]

Career

Born in 1926 in Sokone, Senegal,[1] and educated locally, she began her working life as a teacher. In 1947 she went to France to study journalism, and since 1963 was active in Radio Senegal, rising to become Director of Programmes. She has also been a journalist specializing in women's issues and in 1963 launched Awa magazine, the first francophone publication for African women.[2] She specialises in writing children's literature and poetry and is associated with the Musée de la Femme Henriette-Bathily in Gorée.

Works

• 1965: Poèmes africains
• 1966: Kaddu (réédition des poèmes)
• 1976: Chansons pour Laïty
• 1983: Le Noël du vieux chasseur
• 1983: La Bague de cuivre et d'argent (prix Jeune Afrique in 1961)
• 2003: Motte de terre et motte de beurre
• 2003: Picc l'Oiseau et Lëpp-Lëpp le papillon

Bibliography

• Aliane, "Mme Mbaye d'Erneville, directrice des programmes à l'Office de radiodiffusion du Sénégal", Amina, n° 32, July 1975, pp. 21–23.
• Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana, "Annette Mbaye d'Erneville (Sénégal)", in Littérature féminine francophone d'Afrique noire, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2000, pp. 374–81.
• Annette Mbaye d'Erneville (Sénégal), Audrey, future princesse d'Erneville.

References

1. "Annette Mbaye d'Erneville: Mère-bi". Center for the Study and Research of African Women in Cinema. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
2. Margaret Busby (ed.), Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent, London: Jonathan Cape, 1992; Vintage, 1993, p. 330.

External links

• (in French) Biographie
• (in French) « D'Orphée à Prométhée : la poésie africaine au féminin. En hommage aux pionnières de l'écriture féminine africaine, 1967-1997 » (article d'Angèle Bassolé Ouédraogo, 1998)
• "Annette Mbaye D'Erneville" at Ashoka