Ndèye Fatou Kane

Senegalese novelist

Ndèye Fatou Kane (born 23 November 1986 in Dakar) is a Senegalese novelist and feminist.

Biography

She is the granddaughter of Senegalese writer Cheikh Hamidou Kane. She studied transport and international logistics.^[1]

In 2014, she released her first novel, Le Malheur de vivre,^[1] prefaced by her grandfather. It is a narrative of a Senegalese's life between France and Senegal, between urban lifestyle and Pulaar culture, and a tragic love story.^[2]

In 2016, she participated in a short story collection titled Franklin l'insoumis and dedicated to musician Franklin Boukaka. It is made of fourteen short stories written by fourteen different authors.^[3] In 2018, Kane released her essay Vous avez dit féministe ? ("You said 'feminist'?") in which she analysed the feminist movements across Africa.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] She also writes on social networks about African women, inspired by her fellow citizens Awa Thiam and Mariama Bâ. In 2018, she was awarded the Under-35 Youth Prize of the Francophone countries.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "Cérémonie de dédicace du livre " Le Malheur de vivre " de Ndèye Fatou Kane publié par l'Harmattan". Seneweb (in French). April 11, 2014.
^ Onanina Valdez (May 2017). "Malheur de vivre ou leçon de vie" (in French). Goethe-Institut. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
^ Thomas Roland (April 14, 2016). "Marien Fauney Ngombé présente "Franklin l'insoumis"". Culturopoing (in French). Retrieved October 23, 2019.
^ Alassane Aliou Mbaye (May 15, 2018). "Sénégal: "Vous avez dit feministe ?".Ndèye Fatou Kane expose des vues sur le féminisme". Le Soleil (in French).
^ Renaud Artoux (April 13, 2018). "Ndèye Fatou Kane, un poil à gratter pour les tabous". Afrik (in French).
^ Viviane Forson (March 8, 2019). "Ndèye Fatou Kane : L'Afrique a compté des féministes avant l'heure". Le Point (in French).
^ "La romancière féministe sénégalaise Ndèye Fatou Kane veut libérer la parole des femmes". DW (in French). March 8, 2019.
^ "Culture : La sénégalaise Ndeye Fatou Kane distinguée pour le Prix Jeunesse des moins de 35 ans qui font bouger l'espace francophone". Teranga News (in French). September 2018.