Thierno Diawo Pellel (born ''Thierno Mamadou Diawo Diallo''; c. 1900 in

Labé Labé ( Pular 𞤆𞤵𞤤𞤢𞤪:𞤂𞤢𞤦𞤫) is the main city and administrative capital of the Fouta Djallon region of Guinea. It has a population of about 200,000. It is the second largest city in the country after the capital Conakry ...

Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...

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) – 1984 in Labé), was one of the great twentieth century poets of

Fouta Djallon Fouta Djallon ( ff, 𞤊𞤵𞥅𞤼𞤢 𞤔𞤢𞤤𞤮𞥅, Fuuta Jaloo; ar, فوتا جالون) is a Highland (geography), highland region in the center of Guinea, roughly corresponding with Middle Guinea, in West Africa. Etymology The Ful ...

. The son of Môdi Abdoulaye Diallo, he was named Chief of Mouminia by the Fouta elite and developed in a strict environment, deeply marked by devotion to Islam. He did not know his father, who was killed while performing his duties in 1907. The young Thierno Diallo was then raised to authority by his elder sisters. Pellel received the usual education for a scion of Fouta noble families (lasili). At the age of 25, he became a student of the great scholar

Thierno Aliou Thierno Aliou Bhoubha Ndian (Thierno Aliou Bah; c. 1850 in Donghol – 23 March 1927 at Labé) was an important Fula author, Muslim theologian and politician in Fouta-Djalon, French West Africa. Biography Ancestry Thierno Aliou was descende ...

. He studied with him until his death two years later. He married one of his nieces, Aissatou Donghol, with whom he had seven children. Thierno Diawo Pellel is especially well known for his edition of a poem of 409 couplets which praises the great men of Fouta.

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