Christiane Tchotcho Akoua Ekué (born 1954) is a

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writer writing in

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and a publisher.

Biography

Ekué is the daughter of an accountant and a teacher, she was born in Lomé in 1954. Her family spoke Mina at home. She attended the school in Lomé where her mother was headmistress, going on to further studies in Beaune in France, in Togo and in

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, Germany. After completing her schooling, she worked as a copy editor for the Togo publishing house Nouvelles Editions Africaines; in 1989, she wrote her first novel, which tells the story of another novelist who has his manuscript stolen. In 1992, Ekué became assistant publisher and later became director for the company. In 2005, she founded the publishing house Graines de Pensée in Lomé.

Selected works

* ''Le Crime de la rue des notables'' rime in the Street of the Rich and Famous novel (Lomé: Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines, 1989) * ''Partir en France'' eaving for France narrative (Editions HAHO, 1996. )

References

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