Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau a Andrée Malebranche i te 28 o Noema 1916 i Port-au-Prince, Haiti ki a Clio (née Lemaire) me Lelio Malebranche. I te tipu ake i roto i te whanau whai rawa, ko tana hiahia ki te mahi hei kaitoi he huarahi rereke mo nga wa, engari mai i te tamarikitanga, i hiahia a Malebranche ki te ako peita. I a ia e tamariki ana, ko te
I nohoia e te United States a Haiti, he nui te paanga ki tana hiahia ki te wikitoria i te pehanga o tana taonga tuku iho o Awherika me Haiti. I muri i tana whakaoti i tana maatauranga tuatahi i nga kura motuhake, ka haere ia ki te École Normal ka puta i te tau 1938. I te mea i tohua tana papa hei karere Haitian ki Cuba, i haere tonu a Malebranche i ana akoranga i te Ciriulo da Bella Artes i Havana, i whiwhi i tana tohu paetahi i te 1941.