Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo
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Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo (1967–) is an Ivoirian born Canadian poet and journalist. She was born in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire and raised in Burkina Faso, and was educated at the University of Ouagadougou. She subsequently studied in Canada, receiving a doctorate from the University of Ottawa and a journalism degree from the Université de Montréal.
She is currently a researcher in women's studies at the University of Ottawa, and the managing editor of Éditions Malaïka.
Her 2003 book Avec tes mots won the Trillium Book Award for French language poetry.
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- (2000) Burkina blues. Brossard, Québec: Humanitas. ISBN 2893961967.
- (2003) Avec tes mots. Ottawa: Malaïka. ISBN 2968906354.
- (2006) Sahéliennes. Ottawa: L'Interligne. ISBN 2923274105.
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