ChildrenOusmane William Mbaye, Marie-Pierre Myrick
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Annette Mbaye d’Erneville (Sokone, 1926) is a Senegalese writer. She is the mother of filmmaker Ousmane William Mbaye, and was the subject of his 2008 documentary film, Mère-Bi.
Born in Sokone, Senegal, and educated locally, she began her working life as a teacher. In 1947 she went to France to study journalism, and since 1963 was active in Radio Senegal, rising to become Director of Programmes. As has also been a journalist specializing in women's issues and in 1963 launched Awa magazine, the first francophone publication for African women. She specialises in writing children's literature and poetry and is associated with the Musée de la Femme Henriette-Bathily in Gorée.
Works
1965 : Poèmes africains
1966 : Kaddu (réédition des poèmes)
1976 : Chansons pour Laïty
1983 : Le Noël du vieux chasseur
1983 : La Bague de cuivre et d'argent (prix Jeune Afrique en 1961)
2003 : Motte de terre et motte de beurre
2003 : Picc l'Oiseau et Lëpp-Lëpp le papillon
Bibliography
Aliane, "Mme Mbaye d'Erneville, directrice des programmes à l'Office de radiodiffusion du Sénégal", Amina, n° 32, juillet 1975, pp. 21-23.
Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana, « Annette Mbaye d'Erneville (Sénégal) », dans Littérature féminine francophone d'Afrique noire, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2000, pp. 374-81.