Adjoua Flore Kouamé (born 1964, in

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) is a novelist from

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.Jean-Marie Volet, 'Kouame, Adjoua Flore', in

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, ed., ''Encyclopedia of African Literature''. Routledge; 2002.

Life

Adjoua Flore Kouamé graduated with a

master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional prac ...

in law from the National School of Administration of the Côte d'Ivoire. In the 1990s she became a civil administrator and deputy director at the

Ministry of the Interior An interior ministry or ministry of the interior (also called ministry of home affairs or ministry of internal affairs) is a government department that is responsible for domestic policy, public security and law enforcement. In some states, the ...

. In 2008 she held the position of Head of the Prime Minister's Office. Adjoua Flore Kouamé: an author from the Ivory Coast writing in French
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Works

* ''La valse des tourments'' he Merry-Go-Round of Torments Abidjan: NEI, 1998.

References

1964 births Living people Ivorian women novelists Ivorian women writers Ivorian writers in French People from Abidjan {{IvoryCoast-writer-stub