Kidi Bebey

Kidi Bebey

Kidi Bebey is a French journalist and author.[1]

Bebey was born in Paris, France. Her family was originally from Cameroon. Francis Bebey, her father, was a journalist, writer and musician. His work created a cultural environment for his children that encouraged them in writing and music. Two of her brothers became musicians.[2]

Bebey studied literature at Lille University III and while there wrote a PhD thesis on "danse and litterature in sahelian and bantou writers."[3] She later received a Masters Degree in Management at Paris Business School ESCP. In 1993, she became Editor-in-Chief of Planete Jeunes a Bayard Press magazine for young African-french readers. She was also the Editor-in-Chief Planet Enfants, a magazine dedicated to younger readers.[4] From 2006 to 2009, she produced a daily program on Radio France International named "reines d'Afrique" (Africa's Queens).[5][6][7]

In 2016, she wrote "mon royaume pour une guitare" (My Kingdom for a Guitar) which is a book mainly based on her parents life and the musician's life of her father Francis Bebey.[8][9]

  1. ^ "La charte des auteurs & des illustrateurs". repertoire.la-charte.fr. Retrieved 2019-11-22.
  2. ^ "En sol majeur - 1. Patrick Bebey". RFI (in French). 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2019-11-22.
  3. ^ Etonde Bebey, Kidi (1993). La danse et ses exploitations littéraires chez les romanciers sahéliens et bantous (Thèse de doctorat thesis). Lille, FR: Université Charles de Gaulle.
  4. ^ "Planète Jeunes | Takam Tikou". www.takamtikou.fr. Retrieved 2019-11-22.
  5. ^ "RFI - Reines d'Afrique". www1.rfi.fr. Retrieved 2019-11-22.
  6. ^ "Reines d'Afrique émission quotidienne sur Radio France Internationale (Rfi) : " Les têtes couronnées africaines ont désormais un trône "". 100pour100culture (in French). 2007-12-29. Retrieved 2019-11-22.
  7. ^ "Kidi Bebey : biographie, actualités et émissions France Culture". France Culture (in French). Retrieved 2019-11-22.
  8. ^ "Michel LAFON - Mon royaume pour une guitare, Kidi Bebey". www.michel-lafon.fr. Retrieved 2019-11-22.
  9. ^ "Kidi Bebey : au nom du père" (in French). 2016-10-03. Retrieved 2019-11-22.