Ken Bugul

Ken Bugul (* 1947 in Ndoucoumane, Senegal ) is the literary pseudonym of the Senegalese writer Mariétou Mbaye Biléoma. The name comes from the Wolof and means as much as one that is undesirable.

Bogul grew up in a polygamous environment, her father was a marabout of 85 years. After primary school in her home village, she attended the High School Malick Sy in Thies. She then studied for a year in Dakar and then continued her studies after receiving a scholarship in Belgium continued. In 1980, she returned to her home and joined as the 28th wife in the harem of the Marabout of her home village. After the death of Patriarch Bugul returned to the big cities. From 1986 to 1993 she worked for the NGO IPPF ( International Planned Parenthood Federation ) in Nairobi (Kenya ), Brazzaville (Congo) and Lomé ( Togo). In Benin, she married a doctor and became a mother of a daughter. Today she lives and works as an art dealer in Porto Novo in Benin.

For her work as a writer, she was awarded in 2000 with the Grand Prix littéraire de l' Afrique noire for her novel Riwan ou le Chemin de Sable.

Works

  • Senegalese
  • Author
  • Literature ( 20th century)
  • Literature ( French)
  • Literature ( Senegal)
  • Artist (Senegal)
  • Born in 1947
  • Woman
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