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Nadia Origo
Nadia Origo (born 1977) is a French-Gabonese writer and editor. The novelist founded the Paris-based publishing house La Doxa Éditions in 2008, with the aim of giving African writers a platform in Europe. Early life and education Nadia Origo was born in Mouila Mouila is the capital of the Ngounié region of Gabon. It lies on the Ngounié River and the N1 road and has a population of about 20,000 people. Its main sight is Lac Bleu, a lake known for its bright blue water. Mouila is very spread out ..., southern Gabon, in 1977. Her birth name was Nadia Busugwu. She moved to France around 2005, where she studied geography at the University of Montpellier. She then obtained a doctoral degree from Paris-Sorbonne University, settling in Paris thereafter. Work Origo is primarily a novelist, as well as an editor. Her novels frequently include autobiographical elements. She is considered part of the contemporary generation of Gabonese women writers. Like others of her g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadia ORIGO
Nadia Origo (born 1977) is a French-Gabonese writer and editor. The novelist founded the Paris-based publishing house La Doxa Éditions in 2008, with the aim of giving African writers a platform in Europe. Early life and education Nadia Origo was born in Mouila Mouila is the capital of the Ngounié region of Gabon. It lies on the Ngounié River and the N1 road and has a population of about 20,000 people. Its main sight is Lac Bleu, a lake known for its bright blue water. Mouila is very spread out ..., southern Gabon, in 1977. Her birth name was Nadia Busugwu. She moved to France around 2005, where she studied geography at the University of Montpellier. She then obtained a doctoral degree from Paris-Sorbonne University, settling in Paris thereafter. Work Origo is primarily a novelist, as well as an editor. Her novels frequently include autobiographical elements. She is considered part of the contemporary generation of Gabonese women writers. Like others of her g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mouila
Mouila is the capital of the Ngounié region of Gabon. It lies on the Ngounié River and the N1 road and has a population of about 20,000 people. Its main sight is Lac Bleu, a lake known for its bright blue water. Mouila is very spread out and has several markets and commercial centers. A taxi service runs in Mouila. Taxis are green and white and cost 200–500 Central African CFA francs depending on the distance traveled. Mouila is home to a huge range of Gabonese ethnic groups and is a major hub of commerce and travel. It is served by Mouila Airport. From Mouila, bush taxis may be obtained traveling to Ndende, Tchibanga, Lambaréné, Libreville and Lebamba. Climate Mouila has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification ''Aw''). Notable people * François Bozizé, a former president of the Central African Republic, is from Mouila. * Pierre Mamboundou Pierre Mamboundou (6 November 1946 – 15 October 2011) was a Gabonese politician. He was Pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabon
Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo on the east and south, and the Gulf of Guinea to the west. It has an area of nearly and its population is estimated at million people. There are coastal plains, mountains (the Cristal Mountains and the Chaillu Massif in the centre), and a savanna in the east. Since its independence from France in 1960, the sovereign state of Gabon has had three presidents. In the 1990s, it introduced a multi-party system and a democratic constitution that aimed for a more transparent electoral process and reformed some governmental institutions. With petroleum and foreign private investment, it has the fourth highest HDI in the region (after Mauritius, Seychelles and South Africa) and the fifth highest GDP per capita (PPP) i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Montpellier
The University of Montpellier (french: Université de Montpellier) is a public university, public research university located in Montpellier, in south-east of France. Established in 1220, the University of Montpellier is one of the oldest universities in the world. The university was split into three universities (the University of Montpellier 1, the Montpellier 2 University, University of Montpellier 2 and the Paul Valéry University, Montpellier III, Paul Valéry University Montpellier 3) for 45 years from 1970 until 2015 when it was subsequently reunified by the merger of the two former, with the latter, now named Paul Valéry University, Montpellier III remaining a separate entity. History The university is considerably older than its formal founding date, associated with a papal bull issued by Pope Nicholas IV in 1289, combining all the centuries-old schools into a university, but the first statutes were given by Conrad of Urach in 1220. It is not known exactly when t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris-Sorbonne University
Paris-Sorbonne University (also known as Paris IV; french: Université Paris-Sorbonne, Paris IV) was a public research university in Paris, France, active from 1971 to 2017. It was the main inheritor of the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Paris. In 2018, it merged with Pierre and Marie Curie University and some smaller entities to form a new university called Sorbonne University. Paris-Sorbonne University was consistently ranked as France's as well as one of the world's most prominent universities in the humanities. ''QS World University Rankings'' ranked it 13th in humanities internationally in 2010, and 17th in 2011 and 2012. ''Times Higher Education World University Rankings'' also ranked it as France's most reputable institution of higher education in 2012. History Paris-Sorbonne University was one of the inheritors of the Faculty of Humanities (french: Faculté des lettres) of the University of Paris (also known as the ''Sorbonne''), which ceased to exist follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angèle Rawiri
Angèle Ntyugwetondo Rawiri (29 April 1954 – 15 November 2010) was the first Gabonese novelist. Africultures
''Africultures'' is a publication of arts and culture about and from Africa and its diasporas. Based in Paris, it was founded in 1997 under the impetus of Olivier Barlet by journalists and academics such as Virginie Andriamirado, Gérald Arnaud, ... , December 2010.
A daughter of Galoa politician and poet Georges Rawiri, she was born at [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edna Merey-Apinda
Edna Merey-Apinda (Libreville, September 11, 1976) is a Gabonese writer. Biography Edna Merey-Apinda grew up in Port-Gentil with her six siblings, her mother was a midwife and her father was an administrative assistant. She took her ''baccalauréat'' in France, where she studied commerce in Toulouse. She currently lives in Port-Gentil, where she works in an oil company. Works * ''Les aventures d'Imya, petite fille du Gabon'', Paris, L'Harmattan, 2004 * ''Ce soir je fermerai la porte'', Paris, L'Harmattan, 2006 * ''Garde le sourire'', Paris, Le Manuscrit, 2008 *''Des contes pour la lune'', St Maur, Jets d'Encre, 2010 *''Ce reflet dans le miroir'' St Maur, Jets d'Encre, 2011 in October 2011, one of her short story was translated in German for an Austrian magazine, under the title "Es regnet auf die Stadt". References https://web.archive.org/web/20120426010659/http://www.podiumliteratur.at/texte/161.htm External links *Blog*www.critiqueslibres.com*hubertraponda.unblog.fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charline Effah
Charline Patricia Effah (born 1977) is a Gabonese writer and educator living in Paris. The daughter of a lawyer and a school teacher, she was born in Minvoul and grew up in Libreville Libreville is the capital and largest city of Gabon. Occupying in the northwestern province of Estuaire, Libreville is a port on the Komo River, near the Gulf of Guinea. As of the 2013 census, its population was 703,904. The area has been inh .... She took part in theatre at Théâtre Express there. A story "La prière du petit Maquisard" received an award in a contest for young authors. In the same year, her poem "Eldorado" won a contest sponsored by the program ''Le cœur et la Plume''. She obtained a master's degree in Modern Literature in 2000 and then earned a doctorate at the University of Lille in 2008. She is working as a teacher in Paris. In 2015, she received the award of merit for literature at the Nuit des Mérites Africain. Selected works * ''Percées et chimères'', novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Births
Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). * January 17 ** 49 marines from the and are killed as a result of a collision in Barcelona harbour, Spain. * January 18 ** Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. ** Australia's worst railway disaster at Granville, a suburb of Sydney, leaves 83 people dead. ** SFR Yugoslavia Prime minister Džemal Bijedić, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina. * January 19 – An Ejército del Aire CASA C-207C Azor (registration T.7-15) plane crashes into the side of a mountain near Chiva, on approach to Valencia Airport in Spain, killing all 11 people on board. * January 20 – Jimmy Carter is sworn in as the 39th Pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabonese Women Writers
Gabonese may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Gabon * A citizen of Gabon, see demographics of Gabon * A person from Gabon, or of Gabonese descent; see ethnic groups in Gabon *Gabonese cuisine *Gabonese culture See also *Languages of Gabon French is the official language in Gabon, however 32% of the people speak Fang as a mother tongue. French is the medium of instruction. Before World War II very few Gabonese learned French, nearly all of them working in either business or gover ... {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabonese Novelists
Gabonese may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Gabon * A citizen of Gabon, see demographics of Gabon * A person from Gabon, or of Gabonese descent; see ethnic groups in Gabon *Gabonese cuisine *Gabonese culture See also *Languages of Gabon French is the official language in Gabon, however 32% of the people speak Fang as a mother tongue. French is the medium of instruction. Before World War II very few Gabonese learned French, nearly all of them working in either business or gover ... {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabonese Expatriates In France
Gabonese may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Gabon * A citizen of Gabon, see demographics of Gabon * A person from Gabon, or of Gabonese descent; see ethnic groups in Gabon *Gabonese cuisine Gabonese cuisine is the cooking traditions, practices, foods and dishes associated with Gabon, a sovereign state on the west coast of Central Africa. French cuisine is prevalent as a notable influence,Foster, Dean (2002)''The Global Etiquette G ... * Gabonese culture See also * Languages of Gabon {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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