Berthe-Evelyne Agbo is a writer from
Benin
Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the nort ...
who has published poems in French.
As a young child, Berthe-Evelyne Agbo lived in
Saint-Louis, Senegal. She received primary and secondary education in
Touraine
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,
France
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before attending
Université de Dakar
Cheikh Anta Diop University (french: Université Cheikh Anta Diop or UCAD), also known as the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, is a university in Dakar, Senegal. It is named after the Senegalese physicist, historian and anthropologist Cheik ...
. She has subsequently lived in France.
Publications
* ''Emois de femmes'' (Poèmes, 1980–1982) Sénégal: Les Nouvelles Editions du Sénégal (1997) (47p.) (in French) ()
[ Azodo, Ada U. "Emois de femme: Méditations poétiques d'Évelyne-Berthe Agbo." In: Palabres. Volume spéciale, Textes réunis et présentés par Irène Assiba d'Almeida. Ed. Dr. Komlan Sélom Gbanou. (Bayreuth) 2001. 302-307.]
References
20th-century poets
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
French-language poets
Beninese women poets
Beninese poets
Cheikh Anta Diop University alumni
20th-century women writers
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