Florence Lina Mouissou (sometimes Florence Lina Bamona-Mouissou) is a novelist from the Republic of Congo, currently living in Paris, France.
Mouissou was born in 1972. After completing her primary and secondary schooling at Pointe-Noire, she travelled to Paris to study literature. She also received a screenwriting diploma from Cinécours in Quebec. [1]
Amélie is a 2001 French-language romantic comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Written by Jeunet with Guillaume Laurant, the film is a whimsical depiction of contemporary Parisian life, set in Montmartre. It tells the story of a shy waitress, played by Audrey Tautou, who decides to change the lives of those around her for the better while dealing with her own isolation. The film features an ensemble cast of supporting roles, including Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Lorella Cravotta, Serge Merlin, Jamel Debbouze, Claire Maurier, Clotilde Mollet, Isabelle Nanty, Dominique Pinon, Artus de Penguern, Yolande Moreau, Urbain Cancelier, and Maurice Bénichou.
Natalina "Lina" Cavalieri was an Italian operatic dramatic soprano, actress, and monologist.
Aminata Sow Fall is a Senegalese-born author. While her native language is Wolof, her books are written in French. She is considered "the first published woman novelist from francophone Black Africa".
Marie-Jeanne L'Héritier de Villandon was an aristocratic French writer and salonnière of the late 17th century, and a niece of Charles Perrault.
Princess Maria Carolina Augusta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies was a Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies by birth and a princess of the House of Orléans through her marriage to Prince Henry of Orléans, Duke of Aumale. She was the daughter of Leopold, Prince of Salerno and Archduchess Clementina of Austria, and was their only child to survive to adulthood.
Geneviève Joy was a French classical and modernist pianist who, at the end of World War II in 1945, formed a critically acclaimed duo-piano partnership with Jacqueline Robin which lasted for forty-five years, until 1990. The composer Henri Dutilleux, whom she married in 1946, dedicated his Piano Sonata to her, which she recorded for Erato Records in 1988.
Janet Ann Ross (1842–1927) was an English historian, biographer, and Tuscan cookbook author.
Women in Senegal have a traditional social status as shaped by local custom and religion. According to 2005 survey, the female genital mutilation prevalence rate stands at 28% of all women in Senegal aged between 15 and 49.
Célia Bertin was a French writer, journalist, biographer, French Resistance fighter and winner of the 1953 Prix Renaudot. She was awarded as an Officer of the Legion of Honour, and an Officer of Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Joséphine Calamatta was a French painter and engraver who painted portraits as well as symbolistic, religious and allegorical pictures.
Aminata Mbengue Ndiaye is a Senegalese politician. In 2012, she was appointed Minister of Livestock and Animal Production in the government of Prime Minister Abdou Mbaye and from 2014 under the government of Prime Minister Mahammad Boun Abdallah Dionne until 5 April 2019, when she was named Minister of Fishery and Maritime Economy Ministre des Pêches et de l’Economie maritime. She also serves as mayor of Louga, and is currently chair of the women's movement of the Socialist Party of Senegal. Previously, Ndiaye served as Minister of Women, Children and the Family, as well as Minister of Social Development and National Solidarity under the presidency of Abdou Diouf.
Nelly Alard is a French actress, screenwriter and novelist, graduated from the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in Paris in 1985.
Shaïda Zarumey is a Nigerien sociologist and poet, one of the first in her country to write in French.
Caroline Lucie 'Lina' Waterfield OBE was an English author and Italian correspondent for The Observer and The Sunday Times, who founded the British Institute of Florence.
Aminata Fatou Diallo is a French footballer who played as a midfielder for Liga F club Levante.
Asa Lanova was a Swiss dancer and Suisse Romande author.
Aminata Ouédraogo is a Burkinabé filmmaker and administrator. She is general coordinator of the Pan-African Union of Women in the Image Industry (UPAFI).
Aminata Diallo Glez is a Burkinabé filmmaker, actor, and producer also known as Kadi Jolie.
Aminata Aidara is an Italian-Senegalese journalist, short story writer and novelist.
Destin was a 74-gun ship of the French Navy.