Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo

Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo (born 8 February 1967)^[1] is an Ivoirian-born Canadian poet and journalist.

Biography

She was born in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire and raised in, Upper Volta and was educated at the University of Ouagadougou. She subsequently studied in Canada, receiving a doctorate from the University of Ottawa and a journalism degree from the Université de Montréal.^[2]

She is currently a researcher in women's studies at the University of Ottawa, and the managing editor of Éditions Malaïka.

Her 2003 book Avec tes mots won the Trillium Book Award for French-language poetry.

Bibliography

• 2000 Burkina blues. Brossard, Québec: Humanitas. 2000. ISBN 2-89396-196-7.
• 2003 Avec tes mots. Ottawa: Malaïka. 2003. ISBN 2-913991-23-8.
• 2006 Sahéliennes. Ottawa: L'Interligne. 2006. ISBN 2-923274-10-5.
• 2007 Les Porteuses d’Afrique, Ottawa: L’Interligne, 2007. ISBN 978-2-923274-23-2
• 2007 Mulheres Do Sahel, Europress, Portugal, .
• 2012 Yennenga, Ottawa: L’Interligne, .

References

1. "Bassolé-Ouédraogo, Angèle", AAOF.
2. The University of Western Australia/French (archived).