Shadows of the Ivory

Upcoming Book: Shadows of the IVory

A life lost half a world away

Maryline Anna Roux grew up in a French home where her African roots were hidden. At 18 years old, after years of false-self identity, living in a white world, she sought answers to the decades-old puzzle of her past.

Decades later, she returned to Ivory Coast for the first time since she was born. Despite the eruption of an abrupt civil war, Maryline reconnected with her African birth land and began her search for inner peace. Dedicated to the mother she never met and the father she lost early, Shadows of The Ivory reveals the story of a life lost half a world away.

Maryline is a renaissance woman. She holds a deep passion for life, pushing her to constantly live on the edge, 

Her early fight to stay alive in the first weeks of her life shaped her ability to confront life’s challenges, as she endured the constant ache of abandonment and a lack of deep love. 

In her memoir, Shadows of The Ivory, she invites readers to refuse to lead a life anchored in fear and to instead always aim for the impossible.

Dr. Maya Angelou wrote, “Be certain that you do not die without having done something wonderful for humanity,”  I wish to follow Dr. Angelou’s advice, and create The Therese Yei Meledje Foundation to honor my African Mother, and to help my African village, Vieux-Badien, with the sales of the memoir, to build a hospital, a new school, and a sport facility.