Berthe-Evelyne Agbo

Berthe-Evelyne Agbo is a writer from Benin who has published poems in French.^[1][2]

As a young child, Berthe-Evelyne Agbo lived in Saint-Louis, Senegal. She received primary and secondary education in Touraine, France before attending Université de Dakar. She has subsequently lived in France.^[3]

Publications

Emois de femmes (Poèmes, 1980–1982) Sénégal: Les Nouvelles Editions du Sénégal (1997) (47p.) (in French) (ISBN 2723611116)^[4]

References

1. Berthe-Evelyne AGBO, African Literature, Africa and Women Writers, Discipline of European Languages and Studies, French, University of Western Australia, July 4, 2002, accessed June 7, 2010
2. Les livres et le Bénin, Association Vidome (January 15, 2005)(in French), retrieved June 7, 2010 (Agbo is cited as one of a few examples of female writers from Benin, where writing has previously been dominated by males, and noting that she was published in France)
3. Library of Congress name authority file
4. Azodo, Ada U. “Emois de femme: Méditations poétiques d'Évelyne-Berthe Agbo." In: Palabres. Volume spéciale, Textes réunis et présentés par Irène Assiba d'Almeida. Ed. Dr. Komlan Sélom Gbanou. (Bayreuth) 2001. 302-307.