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Abdoulaye Ascofare
This is a list of Malian writers. * Ahmad Baba al Massufi (1556–1627), writer and scholar. * Abdoulaye Ascofaré (1949– ), poet and filmmaker. * Ibrahima Aya (1967– ) * Amadou Hampâté Bâ (1900/1901–1991), historian, theologian, ethnographer, novelist and autobiographer. * Adame Ba Konaré (1947– ), historian and writer. * Seydou Badian Kouyaté (1928–2018), novelist and politician. * Siriman Cissoko (1934– ), poet. * Sidiki Dembele (1921– ), novelist and playwright. * Massa Makan Diabaté (1938–1988), historian, author and playwright. * Souéloum Diagho, poet. * Aïda Mady Diallo, novelist and director. * Aly Diallo, French-language novelist first published in German translation. * Alpha Mandé Diarra (1954– ) * Oumou Armand Diarra (1967– ), born in Yugoslavia. * Doumbi Fakoly (1944– ), non-fiction writer * Aïcha Fofana (1957–2003), first female Malian novelist * Mamadou Gologo (c.1924– ), autobiographical novelist and poet. * Aoua Kéita (1912– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmad Baba Al Massufi
Aḥmad Bābā al-Timbuktī (), full name Abū al-Abbās Aḥmad ibn Aḥmad ibn Aḥmad ibn Umar ibn Muhammad Aqit al-Takrūrī Al-Massufi al-Timbuktī (1556 – 1627 CE, 963 – 1036 H), was a Sanhaja Berber writer, scholar, and political provocateur in the area then known as the Western Sudan. He was a prolific author and wrote more than 40 books. Life Aḥmad Bābā was born on October 26, 1556 in Araouane to the Sanhaja Berber Aqit family. He moved to Timbuktu at an early age where he studied with his father, Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥājj Aḥmad ibn ‘Umar ibn Muḥammad Aqīt, and the scholar Mohammed Bagayogo (var. Baghayu'u); there are no other records of his activity until 1594, when he was deported to Morocco over accusations of sedition, after the Moroccan invasion of Songhai where he remained in Fez until the death of Ahmad al-Mansur. His successor, Zaydan An-Nasser, allowed all exiles to return to their country. Aḥmad Bābā reached Timbuktu on April 22, 160 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aïcha Fofana
Aïcha Aminata Laïla Fofana (1957 – 10 August 2003) was a Malian translator and author. With ''Mariage: on copie'' (1994), she became the first woman in Mali to publish a novel. A women's rights activist, her writings are aimed at improving the social conditions for women in Mali. Biography Born in Bamako, Mali, in 1957, Aïcha Fofana was the daughter of Bénitiéni Fofana (1928–1991), who served as Mali's Minister of Health. After her primary school education in Bamako and in Bordeaux, France, she attended the Lycée Notre-Dame in Niger. She went on to study languages, first at the Sorbonne, then at the University of Mannheim, Germany, and at Oxford Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the .... With her command of French, German and English, she subsequently worked as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of African Writers By Country
This is a list of prominent and notable writers from Africa. It includes poets, novelists, children's writers, essayists, and scholars, listed by country. Algeria ''See: List of Algerian writers'' Angola ''See: List of Angolan writers'' Benin ''See: List of Beninese writers'' Botswana * Galesiti Baruti, novelist and academic * Unity Dow (1959–), judge, human rights activist, writer and minister of basic education * Bessie Head (1937–1986), novelist and short-story writer born in South Africa * Leetile Disang Raditladi (1910–1971), playwright and poet * Barolong Seboni (1957–), poet and academic Burkina Faso ''See: List of Burkinabé writers'' Burundi * Esther Kamatari (1951–) * Ketty Nivyabandi (1978–) Cameroon ''See: List of Cameroonian writers'' Cape Verde Central African Republic * Pierre Makombo Bamboté (1932–), novelist and poet * Etienne Goyémidé (1942–1997), novelist, poet and short story writer: ''Le Silence de la Foret'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malian Literature
Malian literature is the literature of the modern country of Mali. Early Malian literature The ruler of the Songhai Empire at the time, Askia the Great was a patron of literature. According to the 16th-century Moroccan explorer Leo Africanus, writing in 1510 CE, In Timbuktu there are numerous judges, doctors and clerics, all receiving good salaries from the king. He pays great respect to men of learning. There is a big demand for books in manuscript, imported from Barbary (North Africa). More profit is made from the book trade than from any other line of business. Modern Malian literature Though Mali's literature is less famous than its music,Velton, p29. Mali has always been one of Africa's liveliest intellectual centers. Mali's literary tradition is largely oral, with '' jalis'' reciting or singing histories and stories from scared texts.Milet & Manaud, p128.Velton, p28. Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Mali's best-known historian, spent much of his life recording the oral traditions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falaba Issa Traoré
Falaba Issa Traoré (1930 – August 8, 2003) was a Malian writer, comedian, playwright, and theatre and film director. Born in Bougouni, Traoré directed an amateur theater troupe before taking over direction of the regional troupe of Bamako between 1962 and 1968. From 1969 to 1973, he created and directed the Yankadi troupe for folklore and the dramatic arts. In 1973, he traveled to Germany to study cinema Cinema may refer to: Film * Cinematography, the art of motion-picture photography * Film or movie, a series of still images that create the illusion of a moving image ** Film industry, the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking * ... direction. On returning to Mali in 1976 he directed the cinema division of the Ministry of Sports, Arts, and Culture. As a comedian, Traoré played notable roles in the films of Kalifa Dienta (''A Banna''), of Cheick Oumar Sissoko (''Nidiougou Guimba''), and of Boubacar Sidibé (''le pacte social'', ''Sanoudié'', and ''N'Tro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |