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Guinea (Conakry)

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  • PoetryOogirde malalTierno Mouhammadou-Samba Mombéyâ · 1825not translated into EnglishAt the beginning of the nineteenth century, Islam is taught in Fouta Djallon in Arabic, which most Fulani do not understand.Literature
  • NovelThe Dark ChildL'Enfant noirCamara Laye · 1953A young Guinean, a worker by day and a student in the evening in Paris, writes the story of his childhood.Literature
  • NovelFaralako, roman d'un petit village africainÉmile Cissé · 1958not translated into EnglishOne of the very first Guinean novels, a picture of a village at the end of colonisation.Literature
  • EpicSundiata: An Epic of Old MaliSoundjata ou l'Épopée mandingueDjibril Tamsir Niane · 1960At the time of the independences, a young historian sets down in writing the great epic that the griots of Manding passed on by word of mouth.Literature
  • PoetryAube africaineFodéba Keïta · 1965not translated into EnglishA Guinean poet, founder of a dance troupe that became the national company, tells in verse the story of Africa under colonisation.Literature
  • TheatreAmazoulouCondetto Nénékhaly-Camara · 1967not translated into EnglishA Guinean historical drama on the great Zulu sovereign, written in the years of independence.Literature
  • ChronicleChroniques et récits du Foûta DjalonAnonymous · 1968not translated into EnglishA century and a half before the French conquest of 1896, Fula scholars found a Muslim state and keep its annals in their own language.Literature
  • DocumentaryAnd Then Came FreedomEt vint la libertéSékoumar Barry · 1969Ten years after the no of 1958, Sékou Touré's regime entrusts a young filmmaker of the state service with the film marking the independence jubilee.Cinema
  • NovelTropical CircleLe Cercle des tropiquesAlioum Fantouré · 1972Twelve years after independence, an exiled Guinean economist draws the portrait of an African dictatorship.Literature
  • NovelChaîneSaïdou Bokoum · 1974not translated into EnglishAn African student adrift in the French capital, in the early seventies.Literature
  • NovelLe Jeune Homme de sableWilliams Sassine · 1979not translated into EnglishGuinea has lived under the dictatorship of Sékou Touré for more than twenty years, and its writers publish from exile.Literature
  • CinemaNaitou (l'orpheline)NaïtouMoussa Kémoko Diakité · 1982Guinea's state studio entrusts a folk tale to the dancers of the national company.Cinema
  • NovelD'un Fouta-Djalloo à l'autreSirah Baldé de Labé · 1985not translated into EnglishA year after the end of Sékou Touré's regime, a schoolteacher from the Fouta publishes in Paris the first novel signed by a Guinean woman.Literature
  • NovelLes Écailles du cielTierno Monénembo · 1986not translated into EnglishIn exile since 1969, a Guinean novelist tells of the hope of the independence years and of what became of it.Literature
  • NarrativeKesso, princesse peuhleKesso Barry · 1988not translated into EnglishAt the end of the colonial era, the Fula aristocracy of Fouta declines and the almamys lose their omnipotence.Literature
  • Feature filmDakanMohamed Camara · 1997In a West Africa where homosexuality remains taboo, a Guinean filmmaker makes it the subject of a feature film.Cinema
  • NovelLes Épines de l'amourKoumanthio Zeinab Diallo · 1997not translated into EnglishA thwarted love story in Fouta Djallon, the first novel of a Fula poet from Labé.Literature