Thérèse Kuoh-Moukouri
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Thérèse Kuoh-Moukouri is a prominent French
feminist
and author. Kuoh-Moukouri was born in 1938 in Yaoundé
, Cameroon
, to Jacques Kuoh-Moukouri, the administrator of overseas France. She was one of eight children, all of whom were all able to pursue a formal education. After primary education, she studied Law in Paris, with a specialty in children's rights. She has served as president of the Union of African and Malagasy Women (Union des Femmes Africaines et Malgaches).
Kuoh-Moukouri is best known for her novel Rencontres essentielles (Essential Encounters 1969) which is the first novel written by a woman in francophone Africa
. It relates the story of Flo, a troubled woman, and her struggles to keep her husband after she is found infertile.
Her second novel is awaiting publication and is "based on the life of political martyr Alexandre Douala Manga Bell."
Her 1973 essay "Les couples dominos" ("Domino Couples") tackles the topic of the dynamics of interracial couples. She is also the author of many articles on political activism and feminism in Sub-Saharan Africa
.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
feminist
Feminism
Feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women. Its concepts overlap with those of women's rights...
and author. Kuoh-Moukouri was born in 1938 in Yaoundé
Yaoundé
-Transportation:Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport is a major civilian hub, while nearby Yaoundé Airport is used by the military. Railway lines run west to the port city of Douala and north to N'Gaoundéré. Many bus companies operate from the city; particularly in the Nsam and Mvan neighborhoods...
, Cameroon
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...
, to Jacques Kuoh-Moukouri, the administrator of overseas France. She was one of eight children, all of whom were all able to pursue a formal education. After primary education, she studied Law in Paris, with a specialty in children's rights. She has served as president of the Union of African and Malagasy Women (Union des Femmes Africaines et Malgaches).
Kuoh-Moukouri is best known for her novel Rencontres essentielles (Essential Encounters 1969) which is the first novel written by a woman in francophone Africa
African French
African French is the generic name of the varieties of French spoken by an estimated 115 million African people spread across 31 francophone African countries...
. It relates the story of Flo, a troubled woman, and her struggles to keep her husband after she is found infertile.
Her second novel is awaiting publication and is "based on the life of political martyr Alexandre Douala Manga Bell."
Her 1973 essay "Les couples dominos" ("Domino Couples") tackles the topic of the dynamics of interracial couples. She is also the author of many articles on political activism and feminism in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa as a geographical term refers to the area of the African continent which lies south of the Sahara. A political definition of Sub-Saharan Africa, instead, covers all African countries which are fully or partially located south of the Sahara...
.