Jeanne-Louise Djanga

Jeanne-Louise Djanga is a Cameroonian poet, novelist and choreographer.

Life and career Djanga was born in Yaoundé, Cameroon, and grew up in the small village of Bonékoulé Wouri Bossoua. She has said that her father (who worked as a school director then as a financier) encouraged her love of books and music. While based in France, she regularly returns to Cameroon, and says of her hometown: "It is a place conducive to the search for well-being. All the richness of this place inspires my writing."

In 2007, she founded Marché international africain (the African International Market), an annual conference in France celebrating the creative work of the African diaspora. The January 2024 edition of the conference was held over two days in Pantin, France.

Selected works Au fil du Wouri (2007), poetry collection published by Editions de l'Harmattan Le gâteau au foufou – ou les tribulations d'une afro-camer-ançaise (2011), novel published by Éditions l'Harmattan Fantasia Bienvenue à Paris, France, Europe (2015), novel published by Editions de l'Harmattan Rêver de vivre ... Le rêve qui nous manque (2017), published by Editions Menaibuc Le Cadenas, cahier d'un détour au pays natal (2022), novel published by AfricAvenir International