7/8/2023 0 Comments Envy by anna godbersen![]() ![]() They do this mostly through social media, especially through public Facebook pages such as Littérature Gabonaiseand Club Lyre. Gabonese writers of this second generation are extremely united, promoting their own writing as well as that of their peers and the older generation. There is a prominent first generation of woman writers who were born in the 1950s and 1960s (Angele Rawiri, Justine Mintsa, Sylvie Ntsame, and Honorine Ngou among others) and an equally promising and highly productive second generation who currently range in age from 18 to 42 (Edna Merey Apinda, Nadia Origo, Alice Endamne, Charline Effah, Elisabeth Aworet, Miryl Eteno, etc). This strong showing by the Gabonese woman writer has continued throughout the country’s literary history and one can certainly say that Gabonese women dominate the literary scene in the country. It is also the only country worldwide where the first novel was written by a woman. ![]() Gabon is one of the highest producing countries for contemporary literature on the African continent although it has been grossly overlooked by literary critics in North America. A peek into literature from Gabon thanks to Cheryl Toman – professor, translator and the author of the first book-length study in English of Gabonese literature. ![]()
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