1900 - 1991
Amadou Hampâté Bâ Malian Writer
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1899
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| Birthplace |
Bandiagara, Mali
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| Died |
15th May, 1991
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| Place of Death |
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
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| Nationality |
Malian
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| Occupation Text |
Writer and ethnologist
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| Occupation |
Writer
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Amadou Hampâté Bâ (1900/1901 – 15 May 1991) was a Malian writer, historian and ethnologist. He was an influential figure in twentieth-century African literature and cultural heritage. He was a champion of Africa's oral tradition and traditional knowledge and is remembered for the saying: "whenever an old man dies, it is as though a library were burning down."
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