Mariama Ndoye-Mbengue (born 1953) is a

Senegal Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea t ...

ese writer born Mariama Ndoye. She became "Ndoye-Mbengue" on marriage. She has a doctorate in

French language French ( or ) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European family. Like all other Romance languages, it descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from Northern Old Gallo-R ...

and literature. She has received awards for her short-stories and novels. For a period until 1986, she was curator of the IFAN Museum of African Arts in

Dakar Dakar ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Senegal, largest city of Senegal. The Departments of Senegal, department of Dakar has a population of 1,278,469, and the population of the Dakar metropolitan area was at 4.0 mill ...

. She has also lived abroad spending 15 years in the

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and currently living in

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Bibliography

*''De vous à moi'' rom you to me Paris:

Présence Africaine ''Présence Africaine'' (French for ''African Presence'') is a pan-African quarterly cultural, political, and literary magazine, published in Paris, France, and founded by Alioune Diop in 1947. In 1949, ''Présence Africaine'' expanded to include ...

, 1990 (96 pp.). . Short story collection *''Sur des chemins pavoisés'' n roads decked out with flags.

Abidjan Abidjan ( , ; N'Ko script, N'ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the largest city and the former capital of Ivory Coast. As of the Demographics of Ivory Coast, 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of the overall population ...

. CEDA, 1993 (77 pp.). . Novel. *''Parfums d'enfance'' hildhood Fragrances Abidjan: Les Nouvelles Editions Ivoiriennes, 1995 (128 pp.). . Short stories. *''Soukey''. Abidjan: Les Nouvelles Editions Ivoiriennes, 1999 (200 pp.). . Novel. Prize Vincent de Paul Nyonda (2000). *''Comme du bon pain''. Abidjan: Les Nouvelles Editions Ivoiriennes, 2001 (190 pp.). . Novel

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Senegalese women writers 1953 births Living people Senegalese novelists {{Senegal-writer-stub