Ndèye Coumba Mbengue Diakhaté
Ndèye Coumba Mbengue Diakhaté | |
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Born | 9 December 1924 Rufisque |
Died | 25 September 2001 Dakar |
Nationality | Senegalese |
Genre | poet and educator |
Ndèye Coumba Mbengue Diakhaté (9 December 1924 – 25 September 2001) was a Senegalese educator and poet who was active in promoting the education of mothers and their children. Her poetry is published in Filles du soleil (Daughters of the Sun, 1980).[1][2]
Biography
Born in 1924
Works
Her poetry conveys her views on how women are placed in society, for example, when a man tells his sister or mother "Jiguen rek nga!" (After all, you're just a woman). The conflict with the white population comes through in "Ils étaient Blancs, j'étais Noire..." (They were white, I was black).[4] She not only conveys her innermost thoughts through her poetry but reproduces the forms and rhythms of the Serer oral tradition in her French verses.[5]
Death and legacy
Ndèye Coumba Mbengue Diakhaté died on 25 September 2001 in Dakar.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Ndèye Coumba Mbengue Diakhaté". The University of Western Australia. 28 July 2004. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ISBN 2 7236 0217 6.
- ^ Les femmes-poètes africaines “griotent” de la Femme et de l’Enfant / African women poets sing, proclaim, and advise about Women and Children, 13 July 2013, Zócalo Poets. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ^ "Auteur de "Filles du Soleil", la poétesse Ndèye Coumba Mbengue Diakhaté est décédée hier". Le Soleil (in French). 26 September 2001. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ISBN 978-0-8130-1742-6.
External links
- N'dèye Coumba Mbengué Diakhaté in D'Orphée à Prométhée: La poésie africaine au féminin by Angèle Bassolé Ouédraogo (in French)