Fatou Bolli

Fatou Bolli
Born	1952 (age 72–73) Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Occupation	Novelist

Fatou Bolli (born 1952) is an Ivorian novelist. She was the second published Ivorian woman writer with her 1976 novel Djigbô.

Life and career

Bolli was born in 1952 in Abidjan, and worked for a period at the Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique in Paris.[1]

Her 1976 novel Djigbô (published by the Centre d'édition et de diffusion africaines [fr]) dealt with the subject of witchcraft, a subject that has been rarely addressed in Ivorian literature.[2][3] The book was only the second Ivorian book published by a woman writer,[4][5] and sold well in bookstores on its release.[6]

She has been described as among the best-known women writers of the Ivory Coast.[7] She was one of only two women writers (the other being Simone Kaya, the first published woman Ivorian writer) included in l'Anthologie de la littérature ivoirienne (The Anthology of Ivorian Literature, 1983).[2] Regina Yaou has said that both Bolli and Kaya experienced frustrations in entering the literary world.[8]

References

1. "Bolli Fatou". Lire les Femmes écrivains et littérature africaine. University of Western Australia. 26 November 1996. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
2. Borgomano, Madeleine (April–June 1987). "Des femmes écrivent". Notre Librairie (in French) (87): 65–69. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
3. Gnaoulé-Oupoh, Bruno (2000). La littérature ivoirienne (in French). CEDA. p. 353. ISBN 9782865378418. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
4. Women & Activism. Zimbabwe International Book Fair Trust. 1999. p. 97. ISBN 9780797421264. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
5. "Ivory Coast literature at a glance". Lire les Femmes écrivains et littérature africaine. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
6. Lory, George (February 1978). "Manhattan sous les tropiques". Le Monde Diplomatique (in French). Retrieved 25 March 2024.
7. Ember, Melvin; Ember, Carol R. (2001). Countries and Their Cultures: Vol 1. Macmillan Reference USA. ISBN 978-0-02-864947-4. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
8. "Côte D'ivoire Les Femmes Affichent Leur Présence Á Tous Les Niveaux De La Chaine Du Livre". Gender Links for Equality and Justice (in French). 24 July 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2024.