Narrative
Un héros, Koumi-Diossé
Not translated into English
Issa Baba Traoré · 1962
Synopsis
A narrative devoted to Koumi Diossé Traoré, chief of the Bélédougou, who led in 1915 the uprising of his region against the forced conscription imposed by the French administration. The subtitle, “better death than shame”, announces the figure the book means to pass on, that of a man who refuses to submit. The detail of the narrative, a slim illustrated volume, is not described by any source.
Context
The book was published in Bamako in 62 illustrated pages, dated 1962 by the BnF and 1961 by other catalogue records; Google Books lists it with 64 pages, from the Éditions populaires du Mali. The author then published, in 1970, a collection of tales and stories of the countryside, in 1974 a short text of twenty pages, Quand la drogue s'en mêle, and then, in 1989, a collection of legends of the Bamanan country for young readers, with Jamana.
Who it is for
In French, some sixty illustrated pages; it helps to know that the Bélédougou is a region north of Bamako.
Prizes and reception
No known prize; the title by which catalogues and notices first cite its author.