Aoua Kéita
Aoua Kéita (* 1912 in Bamako , Mali ; † May 7, 1980 ibid) was an African activist and writer from Mali.
After school in her home town, Kéita attended medical school in Dakar and graduated with a diploma. In 1935 she married the doctor M. Diawara, from whom she later divorced. From 1946 she was active in the Rassemblement Démocratique Africain , which gained influence in practically all French colonies in Africa. In the 1950s she founded the Collective Female Trade Union Movement and also represented the organization at the Constitutional Congress of the General Union of Workers of Black Africa in 1957 . In 1958 she became a member of the Constitutional Assembly of the Republic of Sudan, later Mali. Finally she was elected to parliament in 1959 and had considerable influence there until a falling out with Modibo Keïta came.
Honors
- 1976 Grand Prix littéraire de l'Afrique noire for "Femme d'Afrique"
Works (selection)
- Femme d'Afrique. La vie d'Aoua Kéita par elle-même . Edition Présence Africaine, Paris 1975, ISBN 2-7087-0320-X .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kéita, Aoua |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Malian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bamako |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 7, 1980 |
| Place of death | Bamako |