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Tanella Boni

Died in 2026

Tanella Boni was born in 1954 in Abidjan and went to school in the north of the country. She studied philosophy in Toulouse and then in Paris, where she obtained her doctorate, and afterwards taught it at the University of Cocody, in Abidjan. From 1991 to 1997 she presided over the Association of Writers of Côte d'Ivoire. The unrest that struck her country led her to settle in France, where she continued to write poems, novels and essays. She died in Toulouse on 15 September 2026.

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