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Malian Writers
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 ... [...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] |
Aminata Traoré
Aminata Dramane Traoré (born 1947) is a Malian author, politician, and political activist. She served as the Minister of Culture and Tourism of Mali from 1997 to 2000 and also worked as coordinator of the United Nations Development Programme. She is the current Coordinator of ''Forum pour l'autre Mali'' and Associate Coordinator of the International Network for Cultural Diversity and was elected to the board of the International Press Service in July 2005. She is a member of the scientific committee of the ''Fundacion IDEAS'', Spain's Socialist Party's think tank. Views Traoré is a prominent critic of globalization and the economic policies of the most developed nations. Specifically, she has voiced opposition to the Western countries' subsidization of their own cotton farmers, which leaves West African countries at a disadvantage in competing for space in Western markets. Traoré is one of the signatories, or members of the ''Group of Nineteen'', of the Porto Alegre Manif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fily Dabo Sissoko
Fily Dabo Sissoko was a Malian writer and political leader, born 15 May 1900 at Horokoto (French Soudan, now in Mali's Bafoulabé Cercle). He died 30 June 1964, imprisoned at Kidal. Fily Dabo Sissoko is chiefly remembered as one of the most influential political leaders of pre-independence Mali, primary conservative rival to Mali's first President Modibo Keita, and an influential writer of the Negritude movement. Early life Sissoko was of Khassonké ethnicity and he was the son of a local traditional ruler, Dabo Sissoko received his primary education at nearby Bafoulabé, before winning a place at the elite École normale supérieure William Ponty in Gorée (Senegal). He was a teacher at the Bafoulabé Regional school until he succeeded his father and became "chef de canton" of Niambia in 1933. Sissoko took part in French politics, supporting the Front populaire government on the 1930s and the Resistance during the Second World War. He received the ''Médaille de la Résist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernadette Sanou Dao
Bernadette Sanou Dao (born 25 February 1952 in Bamako, French Sudan) is a Burkinabé author and politician. At age 11, her family returned to Upper Volta from Mali. She attended Kolog-Naba college in Ouagadougou and later Ohio University in the United States and the Sorbonne in Paris, France. From 1986 to 1987 she was Burkina Faso's Minister for Culture. She lives in Ouagadougou Ouagadougou ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Burkina Faso and the administrative, communications, cultural, and economic centre of the nation. It is also the country's largest city, with a population of 2,415,266 in 2019. The city's .... She writes poetry, short-stories and children's stories. References 1952 births Living people Burkinabé poets Burkinabé short story writers Burkinabé women writers Burkinabé writers in French Ohio University alumni University of Paris alumni Burkinabé people of Malian descent Women government ministers of Burkina Faso Culture mini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yambo Ouologuem
Yambo Ouologuem (August 22, 1940 – October 14, 2017) was a Malian writer. His first novel, ''Le devoir de violence'' (English: ''Bound to Violence'', 1968), won the Prix Renaudot. He later published ''Lettre à la France nègre'' (1969), and ''Les mille et une bibles du sexe'' (1969) under the pseudonym Utto Rodolph. ''Le devoir de violence'' was initially well-received, but critics later charged that Ouologuem had plagiarized passages from Graham Greene and other established authors. Ouologuem turned away from the Western press as a result of the matter, and remained reclusive for the rest of his life. Life Yambo Ouologuem was born an only son in an aristocratic Malian family in 1940 in Bandiagara, the main city in the Dogon region of Mali (then a part of French Soudan). His father was a prominent landowner and school inspector. He learned several African languages and gained fluency in French, English, and Spanish. After matriculating at a Lycée in the capital city of Bamako ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibrahima Mamadou Ouane
Ibrahima is a male given name, a form of Ibrahim common in parts of Western Africa. Notable people with the name include: * Ibrahima Aya (born 1967), Malian writer * Ibrahima Bakayoko (born 1976), Ivorian footballer * Ibrahima Bangoura (born 1982), Guinean footballer * Ibrahima Camara (born 1985), Guinean footballer * Ibrahima Baldé (born 1990), Senegalese footballer * Ibrahima Faye (born 1979), Senegalese footballer * Ibrahima Fofana (1952–2010), Guinean trade unionist * Ibrahima Gueye (born 1978), Senegalese footballer * Ibrahima Kassory Fofana (born circa 1954), former Guinean politician * Ibrahima Konaté (born 1999), French football player * Ibrahima Moctar Sarr (born 1949), Mauritanian journalist and politician * Ibrahima Sanoh (born 1994), Guinean footballer * Ibrahima Sonko (born 1981), Senegalese footballer * Ibrahima Sory Conte (born 1981), Guinean footballer * Ibrahima Wade (born 1968), French sprinter * Abdul Rahman Ibrahima Sori (1762–1829), African prince ensla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moussa Konaté
Moussa Konaté (1951 – 30 November 2013) was a Malian writer who was born in Kita. He died in Limoges on 30 November 2013. A graduate in Humanities at Mali's Ecole Normale Supérieure of Bamako, he was a teacher for several years before turning to writing. He is the founder of '' Editions Le Figuier'' ('' Prickly Pear Publishing'') and the director of the ''Association Etonnants voyageurs Afrique'' (''Amazing Travellers Africa Association'') and, along with Michel Le Bris, was the Mali manager of the ', an international book fair in Saint-Malo Saint-Malo (, , ; Gallo: ; ) is a historic French port in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, on the English Channel coast. The walled city had a long history of piracy, earning much wealth from local extortion and overseas adventures. In 1944, the Alli .... Publications Novels *''L'Empreinte du renard'', Fayard, 2006. *''L’assassin du Banconi'', suivi de ''L’Honneur des Keita'', Editions Gallimard, Paris, 2002. *''Goorgi'', Editions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
