Jeanne-Louise Djanga

Jeanne-Louise Djanga
Djanga in 2023
Born	Yaoundé, Cameroon
Occupation	Poet novelist choreographer
Language	French
Years active	2007–present

Jeanne-Louise Djanga is a Cameroonian poet, novelist and choreographer.

Life and career

Djanga was born in Yaoundé, Cameroon,[1] and grew up in the small village of Bonékoulé Wouri Bossoua.[2] She has said that her father (who worked as a school director then as a financier) encouraged her love of books and music.[1] She was educated in Cameroon and France, and obtained her baccalauréat in mathematics and philosophy. She subsequently studied choreography at the Institut professionnel Méditerranée de danse de Montpellier.[2]

Since 2007, Djanga has published several novels and a poetry collection, and has won prizes for her poetry.[3] While based in France, she regularly returns to Cameroon, and says of her hometown: "It is a place conducive to the search for well-being. All the richness of this place inspires my writing."[4]

In 2007, she founded Marché international africain (the African International Market), an annual conference in France celebrating the creative work of the African diaspora. The January 2024 edition of the conference was held over two days in Pantin, France.[5][6]

Selected works

• Au fil du Wouri (2007), poetry collection published by Editions de l'Harmattan[2]
• Eclats de vers de voix de Rires (2009), poetic novel published by Dagan[7]
• Le gâteau au foufou – ou les tribulations d'une afro-camer-ançaise (2011), novel published by Éditions l'Harmattan[4]
• Fantasia Bienvenue à Paris, France, Europe (2015), novel published by Editions de l'Harmattan[3]
• Rêver de vivre ... Le rêve qui nous manque (2017), published by Editions Menaibuc
• Le Cadenas, cahier d'un détour au pays natal (2022), novel published by AfricAvenir International

References

1. "Jeanne-Louise Djanga: "Au fil du Wouri"". Femmes écrivains et littérature africaine (in French). December 2007. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
2. "Jeanne-Louise DJANGA". Femmes écrivains et littérature africaine. 2007. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
3. Cana, Franck (8 December 2015). "« Fantasia », ce nouvel ouvrage de la camerounaise Jeanne-Louise Djanga raconte l'histoire d'une femme ayant survecu a un gigolo". Mita Revista. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016.
4. "Jeanne Louise Djanga: "The Foufou Cake or the Tribulations of an Afro-Camer-Ançaise"". Femmes écrivains et littérature africaine. February 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
5. "Marché International Africain 2024 : " on a besoin de mondialiser notre culture " estime Jeanne-Louise DJANGA". Africa Radio (in French). 26 January 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
6. "L'Afrique à l'honneur". Ville de Pantin (in French). 24 January 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
7. "Eclats de vers de voix de rires : romans en vers – Jeanne-Louise Djanga". Librairie Mollat Bordeaux (in French). Retrieved 12 March 2024.