| LC control no. | n 82118986 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Blouin, Andrée, 1921-1986 |
| Variant(s) | Gerbillat, Andrée Madeleine, 1921-1986 Blouin, André, 1921- |
| Associated country | Congo (Brazzaville) Guinea France Belgian Congo |
| Located | Leopoldville (Congo) |
| Birth date | 1921-12-16 |
| Death date | 1986-04-09 |
| Place of birth | Bessou (Central African Republic) |
| Place of death | Paris (France) |
| Affiliation | Mouvement Féminin pour la Solidarité Africaine |
| Profession or occupation | Authors Politicians |
| Found in | Her My country, Africa, 1983: CIP t.p. (Andrée Blouin) CIP galley (b. in French col. Africa in 1921) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed April 23, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Blouin, Andrée; "the Madame de Staël of Sékou Touré's revolutionary movement"; autobiographer / memoirist, political figure, women's rights advocate; born 16 December 1921 in Bessou, Central African Republic; was raised and educated by nuns of the Order of St. Joseph of Cluny in the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville); became involved in an effort to reconcile rival leaders Abbé Fulbert Youlou and Jacques Opangault; was a go-between for African leaders, including Boganda, Youlou in the Congo, and Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Paris; took charge of the Feminine Movement for African Solidarity in Leopoldville (1960); was Chief of Protocol for the government of the Congo-Leopoldville and a speechwriter for Deputy-Premier Gizenga; was expelled by the Belgians from the colony before independence (1960); published a memoir, My Country, Africa: Autobiography of the Black Pasionaria) Centre Culturel Andrée Blouin WWW site, viewed January 19, 2023 (Andrée Blouin; born Andrée Madeleine Gerbillat; born December 16, 1921, in Bessou, Central African Republic; died April 9, 1986, in Paris, France; political activist; expelled from Guinea and Congo; founded the Mouvement Féminin pour la Solidarité Africaine, April 8, 1960; was Chief of Protocol for the government of Patrice Lumumba (Congo (Democratic Republic)) <https://andreeblouin.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/biographie-andree-blouin.pdf> |
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