{"id":17323,"date":"2025-01-20T08:21:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T08:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ull.es\/la-universidad\/?page_id=17323"},"modified":"2025-03-05T11:41:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T11:41:34","slug":"ken-bugul","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ull.es\/la-universidad\/en\/honoris-causa\/ken-bugul\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken Bugul"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns alignfull stk-block-columns stk-block stk-bf13746 stk-block-background stk--has-background-overlay\" data-block-id=\"bf13746\"><style>.stk-bf13746 .stk--block-align-bf13746{align-items:center !important;}.stk-bf13746 {background-image:url(https:\/\/www.ull.es\/la-universidad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/IMG-20210125-WA0004_DITADA-1.jpg) !important;background-position:top center !important;background-repeat:no-repeat !important;background-size:cover !important;padding-bottom:10% !important;margin-top:-2% !important;margin-bottom:0.25% !important;}<\/style><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk--block-align-bf13746 stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-bf13746-column alignfull\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-52369c8\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"52369c8\"><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-52369c8-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-52369c8-inner-blocks\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns alignwide stk-block-columns stk-block stk-09efffd\" data-block-id=\"09efffd\"><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-09efffd-column alignwide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-079e619\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"079e619\"><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-079e619-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-079e619-inner-blocks\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-image aligncenter stk-block-image has-text-align-left stk-block stk-bcd1559\" data-block-id=\"bcd1559\"><style>.stk-bcd1559 .stk-img-wrapper{width:35% !important;}<\/style><figure><span class=\"stk-img-wrapper stk-image--shape-stretch\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"stk-img wp-image-17253\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ull.es\/la-universidad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Mockup-web-honoris-causa_Texto-ken.png\" width=\"489\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ull.es\/la-universidad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Mockup-web-honoris-causa_Texto-ken.png 489w, https:\/\/www.ull.es\/la-universidad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Mockup-web-honoris-causa_Texto-ken-300x274.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ull.es\/la-universidad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Mockup-web-honoris-causa_Texto-ken-375x343.png 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><\/span><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns alignfull stk-block-columns stk-block stk-593da1e\" data-block-id=\"593da1e\"><style>.stk-593da1e {padding-top:0% !important;}<\/style><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-593da1e-column alignfull\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-614a277\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"614a277\"><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-614a277-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-614a277-inner-blocks\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns alignwide stk-block-columns stk-block stk-2fea7a6\" data-block-id=\"2fea7a6\"><style>.stk-2fea7a6 {padding-right:10% !important;padding-left:5% !important;}.stk-2fea7a6-column{--stk-columns-spacing:12px !important;--stk-column-gap:50px !important;}<\/style><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-2fea7a6-column alignwide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-2f0dfa9\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"2f0dfa9\"><style>@media screen and (min-width: 768px){.stk-2f0dfa9 {flex:var(--stk-flex-grow, 1) 1 calc(55% - var(--stk-column-gap, 0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important;}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-2f0dfa9-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-2f0dfa9-inner-blocks\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-1102a30\" data-block-id=\"1102a30\"><style>.stk-1102a30 .stk-block-text__text{font-size:18px !important;}@media screen and (max-width: 1023px){.stk-1102a30 .stk-block-text__text{font-size:18px !important;}}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ull.es\/la-universidad\/honoris-causa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Honoris Causa<\/a>&nbsp;\u00bb Ken Bugul<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-image stk-block-image has-text-align-left stk-block stk-bade6cd\" data-block-id=\"bade6cd\"><style>.stk-bade6cd {margin-bottom:40px !important;}.stk-bade6cd .stk-img-wrapper{width:100% !important;}<\/style><figure><span class=\"stk-img-wrapper stk-image--shape-stretch\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"stk-img wp-image-17257\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ull.es\/la-universidad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Mockup-web-honoris-causa_Trayectoria.png\" width=\"692\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ull.es\/la-universidad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Mockup-web-honoris-causa_Trayectoria.png 692w, https:\/\/www.ull.es\/la-universidad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Mockup-web-honoris-causa_Trayectoria-300x60.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ull.es\/la-universidad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Mockup-web-honoris-causa_Trayectoria-375x75.png 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/span><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-8a32b18\" data-block-id=\"8a32b18\"><style>.stk-8a32b18 {margin-bottom:10px !important;}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ken_Bugul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ken Bugul<\/a>, the Wolof pseudonym of Mari\u00e9tou Mbaye Bil\u00e9oma, was born in 1947 in Ndoucoumane, a former region in western Senegal. In 1982, she made her debut in literature with her fictionalized autobiography, &quot;Le baobab fou.&quot;<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-e85552f\" data-block-id=\"e85552f\"><style>.stk-e85552f {margin-bottom:10px !important;}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">The writer is the author of eleven novels. Her life is deeply marked by the uprooting of her family in her early childhood. She has traveled the world, speaking on women&#039;s rights and family planning, promoting therapeutic writing and rehabilitation in vulnerable settings. Her humorous narrative style has earned a distinct voice in African literature. She explained that she writes in French, the language of her colonial upbringing, a tool that has allowed her to reach a wider audience, although her content focuses on the Wolof world.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-1c7347c\" data-block-id=\"1c7347c\"><style>.stk-1c7347c {margin-bottom:10px !important;}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">Ken Bugul is one of the most important writers on the African continent, and her work offers a fascinating insight into the human condition, exile, and the search for a place in the world and an identity, making her not only an African writer, but a universal one.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-4068788\" data-block-id=\"4068788\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\">Her godmothers at the ceremony will be Dulce Mar\u00eda Gonz\u00e1lez Doreste and Alba Rodr\u00edguez Garc\u00eda.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-25b306a\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"25b306a\"><style>@media screen and (min-width: 768px){.stk-25b306a {flex:var(--stk-flex-grow, 1) 1 calc(45% - var(--stk-column-gap, 0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important;}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-25b306a-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-25b306a-inner-blocks\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-spacer stk-block-spacer stk--no-padding stk-block stk-27392cb\" data-block-id=\"27392cb\"><style>.stk-27392cb {height:180px !important;}<\/style><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-heading stk-block-heading stk-block-heading--v2 stk-block stk-85a5815 stk-block-background\" id=\"a-href-https-www-ull-es-la-universidad-honoris-causa-ken-bugul-laudatio-ken-bugul-span-style-color-ffffff-class-stk-highlight-laudatio-span-a\" data-block-id=\"85a5815\"><style>.stk-85a5815 {background-color:#ffc100 !important;padding-top:2% !important;padding-bottom:2% !important;margin-bottom:50px !important;}.stk-85a5815:before{background-color:#ffc100 !important;}.stk-85a5815 .stk-block-heading__text{color:#ffffff !important;font-weight:700 !important;}<\/style><h2 class=\"stk-block-heading__text has-text-color has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ull.es\/la-universidad\/honoris-causa\/ken-bugul\/laudatio-ken-bugul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\" class=\"stk-highlight\">LAUDATIO<\/span><\/a><\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-heading stk-block-heading stk-block-heading--v2 stk-block stk-873311a stk-block-background\" id=\"a-href-https-drive-google-com-file-d-1-p-pl-fx-driy-mn-uz-kn-kt-xv-2-d-0-r-0-si-gxz-a-48-view-usp-sharing-span-style-color-ffffff-class-stk-highlight-discurso-de-ingreso-span-a\" data-block-id=\"873311a\"><style>.stk-873311a {background-color:#5c068c !important;padding-top:3% !important;padding-bottom:2% !important;margin-bottom:80px !important;}.stk-873311a:before{background-color:#5c068c !important;}.stk-873311a .stk-block-heading__text{color:#ffffff !important;font-weight:700 !important;}<\/style><h2 class=\"stk-block-heading__text has-text-color has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1pPlFxDRIYMnUzKNKtXv2d0r0SiGxzA48\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\" class=\"stk-highlight\">INDUCTION SPEECH<\/span><\/a><\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-image stk-block-image stk-block stk-d1d7398\" data-block-id=\"d1d7398\"><style>.stk-d1d7398 .stk-img-wrapper{width:80% !important;}<\/style><figure><span class=\"stk-img-wrapper stk-image--shape-stretch\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"stk-img wp-image-17243\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ull.es\/la-universidad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Mockup-web-honoris-causa_Iconos.png\" width=\"276\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ull.es\/la-universidad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Mockup-web-honoris-causa_Iconos.png 276w, https:\/\/www.ull.es\/la-universidad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Mockup-web-honoris-causa_Iconos-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ull.es\/la-universidad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/Mockup-web-honoris-causa_Iconos-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/span><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honoris Causa \u00bb Ken Bugul Ken Bugul, the Wolof pseudonym of Mari\u00e9tou Mbaye Bil\u00e9oma, was born in 1947 in Ndoucoumane, a former region in western Senegal. In 1982, she made her debut in literature with her fictionalized autobiography, &quot;Le baobab fou,&quot; (The Wild Baobab). She is the author of eleven novels. 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