Annette Mbaye d'Erneville

Annette Mbaye d’Erneville (born 23 June 1926) is a Senegalese writer.

[1] She is the mother of filmmaker Ousmane William Mbaye, and was the subject of his 2008 documentary film, Mère-Bi.

[1] Born on 23 June 1926 in Sokone, Senegal,[1] and educated locally, she began her working life as a teacher.

In 1947 she went to France to study journalism, and since 1963 was active in Radio Senegal, rising to become Director of Programmes.

[2] She specialises in writing children's literature and poetry and is associated with the Musée de la Femme Henriette-Bathily in Gorée.