[1] She has written several novels and a book for children,[2] a number of which were penned in collaboration with French writer Yves Pinguilly.
[5] Although she later returned to her home country, she has continued to speak out against the political violence with which it has been plagued, including the 2013 coup d'état.
[6] Yabouza was a hairdresser for many years in Bangui, and has held numerous other jobs throughout her career.
[7] She writes in French, and also speaks Sango and Lingala in addition to her native Yakoma.
[1] Her work deals with the difficulties facing women in the Central African Republic, and many of the stories she tells are derived from family stories and from things she has heard in her neighborhood and working in the salon, locations in which women feel free to speak among themselves.