Adélaïde H. Edith Bignon Fassinou (born September 15, 1955, in Porto-Novo) is a Beninese writer and Benin's General Secretary for UNESCO. She has written four novels in French. Her married name is Allagbada.University of Western Australia site on Francophone African Women Writers
Publications Modukpè, le rêve brisé. Paris: L'Harmattan (Collection Encres Noires no 194), 2000. (130 pp.). . Novel. Yémi ou le miracle de l'amour. Cotonou (Bénin): Editions du Flamboyant, 2000 (142 pp.). . L'Oiseau messager. Cotonou: Editions Ruisseaux d'Afrique, 2002 (24 pp.). . Toute une vie ne suffirait pas pour en parler. Paris: L'Harmattan, 2002 (194 pp.). . Nouvelles. Enfant d'autrui, fille de personne. Cotonou: Editions du Flamboyant, 2003 (172 pp.). . Roman. Jeté en pâture. Paris: L'Harmattan, 2005 (228 pp.). . Roman. La petite fille des eaux. Bertoua/Cameroun: Editions Ndzé: 2006 (96 pp.). . Roman (co-written with 10 other writers).
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