Odete Semedo

Wellington Marçal de Carvalho (Federal University of Minas Gerais)

Ed. by Denise Saive, Independent Scholar - Europe
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 8.2.2: Lusophone (Portuguese) and Spanish African Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: Helen Rachel Cousins (Birmingham Newman University), Denise Saive (Independent Scholar - Europe), Maria Tavares (Queen's University Belfast)

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Born 1959

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Born in Guinea-Bissau
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Maria Odete da Costa Semedo was born on September 7th, 1959, in Bissau, the capital of Guinea-Bissau. She graduated in Portuguese Studies - Languages and Modern Literatures at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa. She also earned a PhD degree in Letters / Literatures of Portuguese Language, in 2010, at Pontifícia Universidade Católica in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. She is currently a teacher of Portuguese and was director of Escola Normal Superior Tchico Té in Bissau. She is also a collaborating professor at Colinas de Boé University, in the capital of the country. She worked as a Minister of National Education and President of the Commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - Bissau and also as a Minister of Public Health and…

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Citation: Marçal de Carvalho, Wellington. "Odete Semedo". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 22 December 2020 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=14317, accessed 25 April 2024.]

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