Adiza Sanoussi
Adiza Sanoussi is the nom de plume of Alizata Sana, a contemporary Burkinabé novelist.
Birth, education and career[]
Born on the border between Burkina Faso and Niger, she has a CAPES diploma, a Maîtrise in Physical Geography, and a Certificate of Higher Studies in Cooperative Economics. She began writing in 2001.[1] From 2004, she managed the archives of the Burkinabé Ministère des Enseignements Secondaires, Supérieurs et de la recherche Scientifique,[2] then in 2008 became head of the computer archives department in the same ministry.[3] She is currently (2016) a lecturer at the Institut Panafricain d’Etudes de Recherche sur les Médias, l’Information et la Communication (IPERMIC) of the University of Ouagadougou.[4]
Books[]
She has published six books in French. They treat social problems facing African young people such as forced marriage, prostitution and rural exodus.
- 2001: Les deux maris. Paris: Editions Moreux (283 pages) ISBN 2-85112-029-8.[5][6]
- 2005: Devoir de cuissage. Ouagadougou: Editions JEL (142 pages) ISBN 2-915889-03-1.[7]
- 2010: Et Yallah s’exila. Ouagadougou: Editions JEL (161 pages) ISBN 978-2-915-88906-2.[8]
- 2012: Sopam, le duc de Liptougou. Paris: Harmattan. (184 pages) ISBN 978-2-336-00179-1.[9]
- 2013: Ciel dégagé sur Ouaga. Ouagadougou: Harmattan Burkina (146 pages) ISBN 978-2-677-92103-1.[10]
- L'Empire Lidea[11]
Awards[]
In 2008, she was awarded the Chevalier de l’Ordre du mérite des arts, de la culture et de la communication, at the Ouagadougou International Book Fair.[12]
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-03-27. Retrieved 2017-03-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ http://aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au/SanoussiAdiza.html
- ^ http://www.ecodufaso.com/adiza-sanoussi-de-la-lecture-a-la-plume/
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-03-27. Retrieved 2017-03-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ http://www.babelio.com/livres/Sanoussi-Les-deux-maris/362204
- ^ http://litteraturebf.blogspot.com/2009/12/les-deux-maris-hadiza-sanoussi-ed.html
- ^ http://www.afrilivres.net/fiche_livre.php?l=7153&c=8
- ^ https://openlibrary.org/books/OL25197337M/Et_Yallah_s%27exila
- ^ http://www.editions-harmattan.fr/index.asp?navig=catalogue&obj=livre&no=39008
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-22. Retrieved 2017-03-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-03-27. Retrieved 2017-03-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ http://www.ecodufaso.com/adiza-sanoussi-de-la-lecture-a-la-plume/
- Living people
- Burkinabé women writers
- Burkinabé writers