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'''Ndèye Coumba Mbengue Diakhaté''' (also '''Comba''', died 2001) was a Senegalese educator and poet who was active in promoting the education of mothers and their children. Her poetry is published in ''Filles du soleil'' (Daughters of the Sun, 1980).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au/MbengueCombaEng.html|title=Ndèye Coumba Mbengue Diakhaté|publisher=The University of Western Australia|date=28 July 2004|accessdate=30 January 2017 |language=}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Mbengue Diakhaté|first=Ndèye Coumba|title=Filles du soleil: poèmes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wJI6DQEACAAJ|year=1980|publisher=Nouvelles Editions africaines|isbn=2 7236 0217 6}}</ref>
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| birth_date = 9 December 1924
| birth_place = [[Rufisque]]
| death_date = 25 September 2001
| death_place = [[Dakar]]
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}}'''Ndèye Coumba Mbengue Diakhaté''' (9 December 1924 – 25 September 2001) was a [[Senegal]]ese educator and poet who was active in promoting the education of mothers and their children. Her poetry is published in ''Filles du soleil'' (Daughters of the Sun, 1980).<ref name=uwa>{{cite web|url=http://aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au/MbengueCombaEng.html|title=Ndèye Coumba Mbengue Diakhaté|publisher=The University of Western Australia|date=28 July 2004|accessdate=30 January 2017 |language=}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Mbengue Diakhaté|first=Ndèye Coumba|title=Filles du soleil: poèmes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wJI6DQEACAAJ|year=1980|publisher=Nouvelles Editions africaines|isbn=2 7236 0217 6}}</ref>

==Biography==
Born in 1924<ref>[https://zocalopoets.com/2013/07/19/les-femmes-poetes-africaines-grioter-de-la-femme-et-de-lenfant-african-women-poets-sing-proclaim-and-advise-on-women-and-children/ Les femmes-poètes africaines “griotent” de la Femme et de l’Enfant / African women poets sing, proclaim, and advise about Women and Children], 13 July 2013, Zócalo Poets. Retrieved 31 January 2017.</ref> in [[Rufisque]], Senegal, Mbengue Diakhaté was one of the first schoolteachers to graduate from the [[École normal de Rufisque|Rufisque Normal School]]. She was an active member of Rufisque's ''Association pour l'Action sociale des femmes'' (Women's Social Action Association).

== Works ==
Her poetry conveys her views on how women are placed in society, for example, when a man tells his sister or mother "Jiguen rek nga!" (After all, you're just a woman). The conflict with the white population comes through in "Ils étaient Blancs, j'étais Noire..." (They were white, I was black).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200109260236.html|title=Auteur de "Filles du Soleil", la poétesse Ndèye Coumba Mbengue Diakhaté est décédée hier|newspaper=Le Soleil|date=26 September 2001|accessdate=30 January 2017 |language=French}}</ref> She not only conveys her innermost thoughts through her poetry but reproduces the forms and rhythms of the [[Serer language|Serer]] oral tradition in her French verses.<ref name="Larrier2000">{{cite book|last=Larrier|first=Renée Brenda|title=Francophone Women Writers of Africa and the Caribbean|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YRDR64nS73gC&pg=PA152|year=2000|publisher=University Press of Florida|isbn=978-0-8130-1742-6|pages=8, 86}}</ref>

== Death and legacy ==
Ndèye Coumba Mbengue Diakhaté died on 25 September 2001 in Dakar.<ref name="uwa" />


==References==
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==External links==
*[http://aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au/Bassole4.html N'dèye Coumba Mbengué Diakhaté] in ''D'Orphée à Prométhée: La poésie africaine au féminin'' by [[Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo|Angèle Bassolé Ouédraogo]] (in French)


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Ndèye Coumba Mbengue Diakhaté
Ndèye Coumba Mbengue Diakhaté
Ndèye Coumba Mbengue Diakhaté
Born9 December 1924
Rufisque
Died25 September 2001
Dakar
NationalitySenegalese
Genrepoet and educator

Ndèye Coumba Mbengue Diakhaté (9 December 1924 – 25 September 2001) was a Senegalese educator and poet who was active in promoting the education of mothers and their children. Her poetry is published in Filles du soleil (Daughters of the Sun, 1980).[1][2]

Biography

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Born in 1924[3] in Rufisque, Senegal, Mbengue Diakhaté was one of the first schoolteachers to graduate from the Rufisque Normal School. She was an active member of Rufisque's Association pour l'Action sociale des femmes (Women's Social Action Association).

Works

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Her poetry conveys her views on how women are placed in society, for example, when a man tells his sister or mother "Jiguen rek nga!" (After all, you're just a woman). The conflict with the white population comes through in "Ils étaient Blancs, j'étais Noire..." (They were white, I was black).[4] She not only conveys her innermost thoughts through her poetry but reproduces the forms and rhythms of the Serer oral tradition in her French verses.[5]

Death and legacy

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Ndèye Coumba Mbengue Diakhaté died on 25 September 2001 in Dakar.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Ndèye Coumba Mbengue Diakhaté". The University of Western Australia. 28 July 2004. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  2. ^ Mbengue Diakhaté, Ndèye Coumba (1980). Filles du soleil: poèmes. Nouvelles Editions africaines. ISBN 2 7236 0217 6.
  3. ^ Les femmes-poètes africaines “griotent” de la Femme et de l’Enfant / African women poets sing, proclaim, and advise about Women and Children, 13 July 2013, Zócalo Poets. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Auteur de "Filles du Soleil", la poétesse Ndèye Coumba Mbengue Diakhaté est décédée hier". Le Soleil (in French). 26 September 2001. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  5. ^ Larrier, Renée Brenda (2000). Francophone Women Writers of Africa and the Caribbean. University Press of Florida. pp. 8, 86. ISBN 978-0-8130-1742-6.
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