Justine Mintsa

Justine Mintsa (Oyem, 8 September 1949) is a Gabonese writer and member of the Fang people. She is the third child of twelve siblings. She earned her doctorate in English Literature from the University of Rouen in 1977.^[1] She is a member of the Haut Conseil de la francophonie. She was the first African woman to publish a novel with Éditions Gallimard, in Paris.^[2]

She studied at the Omar Bongo University.^[3]

Works

• Un seul tournant Makôsu, La Pensée Universelle, 1994; L'Harmattan, 2004.
• Premières lectures, 1997
• Histoire d'Awu, Continents noirs, Gallimard, 2000.
• Larmes de cendre, 2010

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