Ken Bugul

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Ken Bugul

Ken Bugul , actually Mariétou Mbaye Biléoma (* 1947 in Ndoucoumane , Senegal ) is a Senegalese writer . The name Ken Bugul comes from Wolof and means something like "one who is undesirable".

Bugul grew up in a polygamous environment, her father was a marabout of 85 years. After primary school in her home village, she attended the Malick Sy high school in Thiès . She then studied in Dakar for a year and then continued her studies in Belgium after receiving a scholarship . In 1980 she returned to her homeland and entered the marabout harem in her home village as the 28th wife. After the patriarch's death, Bugul returned to the big cities.

From 1986 to 1993 she worked for the NGO International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) in Nairobi ( Kenya ), Brazzaville ( Congo ) and Lomé ( Togo ). In Benin she married a doctor and had a daughter. Today she lives and works in Senegal. From July to December 2017, Ken Bugul stayed in Zurich as “Writer in Residence” at the invitation of the Literaturhaus Zürich and the PWG Foundation .

In 2000 she was awarded the Grand Prix littéraire de l'Afrique noire for her novel Riwan ou le Chemin de Sable for her literary work .

The Swiss documentary filmmaker Silvia Voser made a film portrait in 2014, «Ken Bugul. Personne n'en veut »/« Ken Bugul. Nobody wants them », the 68-year-old author explains.

Works

  • 1982 Le Baobab Fou - German by Inge M. Artl: Die Nacht des Baobab , Unionsverlag , Zurich 2016
  • 1994 Cendres et braises - (Ashes and Embers)
  • 1999 Riwan ou le Chemin de Sable - (English: Riwan or the sandy track)
  • 2000 La Folie et la mort - (English: Madness and Death)
  • 2003 De l'autre côté du regard - (As seen from the other side)
  • 2005 Rue Félix-Faure
  • 2006 La pièce d'or
  • 2008 Mes hommes à moi
  • 2014 Aller et Retour
  • 2014 Cacophonie
  • 2018 Riwan ou le Chemin de sable - German by Jutta Himmelreich: Riwan or der Sandweg , Unionsverlag, Zurich 2018
  • 2019 Plus d'autre choix? - German by Markus Hediger : No other choice? , Schweizerisches Jugendschriftenwerk , Zurich 2019

reception

  • «Ken Bugul. Personne n'en veut »/« Ken Bugul. Nobody wants them », documentary by Silvia Voser, 2015, 62 min., French / Wolof with German subtitles.

Web links

Commons : Ken Bugul  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

supporting documents

  1. ^ Writers in residence
  2. ↑ Martin Ebel: Women wear Africa. Mariétou Biléoma Mbaye is the new guest author in Zurich. Under her pseudonym Ken Bugul, she is one of the most important authors of the Francophonie in Africa. She is a sharp critic of the conditions there . Tages-Anzeiger , Zurich, August 16, 2017, p. 27.
  3. ↑ Film: Ken Bugul - Nobody wants them , berlinien.de, accessed April 29, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Bugul, Ken
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mbaye Biléoma, Mariétou (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Senegalese writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Ndoucoumane , Senegal