Djibril Tamsir Niane

Djibril Tamsir Niane was born on 9 January 1932 in Conakry, to Senegalese parents. After secondary school in Dakar, he defended a thesis on the Mali empire in Bordeaux in 1959, then taught history in Conakry. A trade unionist, he was sent to the Boiro camp in 1961, was released only in 1964, and went into exile in Dakar in 1972, where he directed the Léopold Sédar Senghor Foundation. He co-edited the fourth volume of the General History of Africa published by UNESCO, founded a publishing house on his return, and died in Dakar on 8 March 2021.

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• EpicSundiata: An Epic of Old MaliSoundjata ou l'Épopée mandingueDjibril Tamsir Niane · 1960Literature