Jeanne de Cavally

Jeanne Goba (1926 – October 7, 1992), known by her pen name Jeanne de Cavally, was an Ivorian children's book writer.

Biography

Goba (née Wawa) was born to a large family in Bingerville, Ivory Coast, in 1926.[1][2] She grew up in Tabou and Abidjan.[2] After studying in Rufisque, Senegal, she began a career as a teacher in Ivory Coast, and later became a school principal.[1][2] She retired from education in 1983.[1]

Goba's first children's book, Papi, was published in 1978. Her pen name, Jeanne de Cavally, was inspired by the Cavally River in Tabou, where she spent her childhood.[1][3] With the publication of Papi, Goba became the third published woman writer in Ivory Coast, after novelists Simone Kaya and Fatou Bolli, and the first woman writer of children's literature in francophone Africa.[3][4] Her stories, published in French by Les Nouvelles Éditions Africaines (NEA),[5] centred on the everyday lives of children in Africa.[1][4][6]

Goba died on October 7, 1992, at the age of 66.[1] She is considered a pioneer of children's literature in francophone Africa.[5][6][3] A children's literature award named in her honour is presented at the annual International Book Fair of Abidjan.[3]

Works
  • Papi (1978) ISBN 2723605353
  • Poué-Poué, le petit cabri (1981) ISBN 2723605582
  • Le réveillon de Boubacar (1981) ISBN 2723605590
  • Bley et sa bande (1985) ISBN 2723607453
  • Cocochi, le petit poussin jaune (1987) ISBN 2723614247

References
  1. Traoré-Sérié, Régina (1994). "Ecrire pour les enfants - Jeanne de Cavally, pionnière de la littérature pour la jeunesse en Côte d'Ivoire". Takam Tikou (in French). 4: 41–43 – via Centre national de la littérature pour la jeunesse.
  2. Volet, Jean-Marie, ed. (2003-11-13). "Jeanne de Cavally". Lire les femmes écrivains et les littératures africaines (in French). University of Western Australia. Retrieved 2020-02-15.
  3. N'Koumo, Henri (2018-03-14). "Quel lauréat pour le prochain Prix Jeanne de Cavally pour la littérature enfantine?". Takam Tikou: La revue des livres pour enfants (in French). Retrieved 2020-02-15.
  4. Gilton, Donna L. (2020). Multicultural and ethnic children's literature in the United States (2nd ed.). Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 192. ISBN 978-1-5381-3841-0. OCLC 1122681523.
  5. Tadjo, Véronique (2009). "Creating books for children in francophone Africa and beyond: A personal experience". Wasafiri. 24 (4): 48. doi:10.1080/02690050903206080. ISSN 0269-0055.
  6. Koulibaly, Isaie Biton (1988). "Faire lire les enfants". Amina (in French). 216: 95.


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