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Véronique Tadjo

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France

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Fiction, Poetry, Children's

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Véronique Tadjo (born 1955) is a writer, poet, novelist, and artist from Côte d'Ivoire. Having lived and worked in many countries within the African continent and diaspora, she feels herself to be pan-African, in a way that is reflected in the subject matter, imagery and allusions of her work.
Born in Paris, Véronique Tadjo was the daughter of an Ivorian civil servant and a French painter and sculptor. Brought up in Abidjan, she travelled widely with her family.

Tadjo completed her BA degree at the University of Abidjan and her doctorate at the Sorbonne in African-American Literature and Civilization. In 1983, she went to Howard University in Washington, D.C., on a Fulbright research scholarship.

In 1979, Tadjo chose to teach English at the Ly ...more

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Average rating: 3.74 · 1,820 ratings · 321 reviews · 77 distinct works • Similar authors

	In the Company of Men by Véronique Tadjo, John Cullen (translator) 3.81 avg rating — 870 ratings — published 2017 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shadow of Imana: Travels in the Heart of Rwanda (African Writers Series) by Véronique Tadjo, Veronique Wakerley (Translator) 4.06 avg rating — 228 ratings — published 2000 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Queen Pokou 3.56 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 2005 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	As the Crow Flies by Véronique Tadjo, Wangui wa Goro (Translator) 3.56 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 1992 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Loin de mon père 3.42 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nelson mandela : Non à L'Apartheid 3.72 avg rating — 46 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blind Kingdom by Véronique Tadjo, Janis Alene Mayes (Translator) 3.39 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1990 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Je remercie la nuit 3.54 avg rating — 24 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	En compañía de los hombres really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 20 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le voyage de Yao (Fiction) 2.88 avg rating — 26 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Véronique Tadjo (?)

“Oui, se souvenir. Témoigner. C'est ce qui nous reste pour combattre le passé et restaurer notre humanité.”
― Véronique Tadjo, The Shadow of Imana: Travels in the Heart of Rwanda

tags: memory, past, testimony

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“I think of my country, far away, and my eyes open beyond space.”
― Veronique Tadjo, As the Crow Flies

tags: immigrant-experience

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“Here there are no griots, only poets. You think that you are leading an extraordinary life and that people see you as you would like them to. You adorn yourself with your writing. It becomes your identity, your bread and butter, and your reason for living. You begin to believe in what people say. You become locked up in your creation, become submerged in words, and sentences suffocate you in the solitude of your retreat. They make you forget the blood and the dust.”
― Véronique Tadjo, As the Crow Flies

tags: solitude, writing

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What would you like to read in French from Eastern Africa in Jan-Feb 2021?

L'Ombre d'Imana by Véronique Tadjo

2 votes, 40.0%

Baho! by Roland Rugero

2 votes, 40.0%

Loin sous les ravenales by Annick de Comarmond

1 vote, 20.0%

5 total votes

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