sentences:  Beyala was educated at the École Principale du Camp Mboppi in Douala and went on to study at the Lycée des Rapides à Bangui and the Lycée Polyvalent de Douala.She eventually won a scholarship to study in Paris at the age of seventeen, where she through a strong academic performance obtained a baccalaureate.After a few years in Spain she published her first book, "C'est le soleil qui m'a brûlée", at the age of 23 and eventually chose to become a full-time writer.