Mame Seck Mbacké
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Mame Seck Mbacké | |
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| Born | 1947 Gossas, Senegal |
| Died | December 24, 2018 (aged 70–71) |
| Alma mater | Institute of Higher International Studies Sorbonne |
| Occupation | Writer |
Mame Seck Mbacké (October 1947 – December 24, 2018) was a Senegalese writer. She wrote in French and in Wolof.[1][2]
She was born in Gossas. Mbacké studied Social and Economic Development at the Institute of Higher International Studies in Paris. She worked as a diplomat in France and Morocco, then as a social worker at the Senegalese consulate in Paris. In Paris, she completed an International Relations degree at the Sorbonne and post-graduate studies in public health and nutrition at the Pantheon-Sorbonne University. She later worked for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Dakar.[1][3]
Her short story "Mame Touba" was included in the anthology Anthologie de la Nouvelle Sénégalaise (1970–1977).[1]
Mbacké established the publishing house Éditions Sembene in 2006.[2]
