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Aïchetou Mint Ahmedou
Aïchetou Mint Ahmedou is a Mauritanian writer, working in French language, French. Born in Boutilimit, Ahmedou completed her primary and secondary schooling in Nouakchott, where she then studied the sciences. She has written poetry, articles, and stories, many of which have been published locally in Nouakchott, and has produced translations of Arabic language, Arabic-language poetry as well. In the 1990s she began work on a novel, ''La couleur de vent'', which was published in 2014. She has spoken about her work at literary conferences. Publications * ''La couleur du vent : il était une fois à Nouakchott : roman'', 2011 References Living people People from Boutilimit Mauritanian women writers Mauritanian poets Mauritanian novelists Mauritanian translators Mauritanian women poets Women novelists 20th-century poets 20th-century women writers 21st-century poets 21st-century novelists 21st-century translators 21st-century women writers Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauritania
Mauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a sovereign country in Maghreb, Northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to Mauritania–Western Sahara border, the north and northwest, Algeria to Algeria–Mauritania border, the northeast, Mali to Mali–Mauritania border, the east and southeast, and Senegal to Mauritania–Senegal border, the southwest. By land area Mauritania is the 11th-largest country in Africa and 28th-largest in the world; 90% of its territory is in the Sahara. Most of its population of some 4.3 million lives in the temperate south of the country; roughly a third of the population is concentrated in the capital and largest city, Nouakchott, on the Atlantic coast. The country's name derives from Mauretania, the Latin name for a region in the ancient Maghreb. It extended from central present-day Algeria to the Atlantic. Berbers occupied what is now Mauritania by the beginning of the third centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |