The Modern Novel

Biography

Adrienne Yabouza was born in 1965. She is of Yakoma heritage. She started to write when she was ten and the family had to flee the civil war in the Central African Republic and go to the Republic of the Congo. She then went to France where she was given political asylum. She returned to the Central African Republic but had to flee again after the 2013 coup d’état. She has had various jobs, including running a hair salon. While she writes in French she also speaks Sango, Lingala and Yakoma. She has written stories, children’s books and novels. Many of her works deal with the problems women face in the Central African Republic. She has five children whom she brought up on her own when her husband died.

Other sites

Adrienne Yabouza
Adrienne Yabouza
Bangui the Terrible (Article by Yabouza)
Her Facebook page (in English and French)
Adrienne Yabouza (in French)
Adrienne Yabouza persévère (in French)
Interview (in French)