Pierre Kipré
Pierre Kipré (born 23 February 1945 in Daloa) is a historian and writer from Ivory Coast. He is a former student of the École normale supérieure in Abidjan. Pierre Kipré was ambassador of Ivory Coast in France with residence in Paris until 2010 and his replacement by . During the 2010–11 Ivorian crisis he sided with president Laurent Gbagbo. In 1987, his book "Villes de Côte d’Ivoire (1893–1940)" earned him the Noma Award for Publishing in Africa. Publications. Collective works. Pierre Kitré contributed to some forty collective works, including: