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  • EpicThe Epic of SundiataSunjataAnonymous · 1300The epic of the founder of the Mali empire, which each line of griots tells in its own way.Literature
  • PoetryCrayons et portraitsFily Dabo Sissoko · 1953not translated into EnglishAfricans and Europeans of colonial Sudan, sketched one by one by a Malinke moralist.Literature
  • NovelLe Collier de coquillagesIbrahima Mamadou Ouane · 1957not translated into EnglishA young French administrator in colonial Sudan, torn between his duty and a wife attached to her rank.Literature
  • NovelCaught in the StormSous l'orageSeydou Badian · 1957An educated young girl, promised by her father to a rich merchant, in the days of the colony.Literature
  • NarrativeUn héros, Koumi-DiosséIssa Baba Traoré · 1962not translated into EnglishA chief of the Bélédougou who stood against colonial conscription, told in newly independent Mali.Literature
  • NovelBound to ViolenceLe Devoir de violenceYambo Ouologuem · 1968Seven centuries of an imaginary Sahelian empire, where the African masters sell their subjects before the Europeans do.Literature
  • EpicJanjon et autres chants populaires du MaliMassa Makan Diabaté · 1970not translated into EnglishThe songs of the Mandinka griots, including that of the hero Fakoli, transcribed by an heir to the spoken word.Literature
  • TheatreL'Aube des béliersGaoussou Diawara · 1972not translated into EnglishA theatre fable in which sacrificial animals rise up against the men who slaughter them.Literature
  • NovelThe Fortunes of WangrinL'Étrange Destin de WangrinAmadou Hampâté Bâ · 1973An interpreter in the colonial administration who plays tricks on his masters as he does on his own people.Literature
  • NarrativeFemme d'AfriqueAoua Kéita · 1975not translated into EnglishThe life of a midwife in colonial Africa, from bush posts to political action, told in the first person.Literature
  • Feature filmThe Young GirlDen MusoSouleymane Cissé · 1975A young mute woman, raped and then rejected by her family because she is expecting a child.Cinema
  • Feature filmIt's FinishedA BannaKalifa Dienta · 1980A couple of teachers from Bamako visiting their native village, where an uncle sows discord.Cinema
  • NovelToiles d'araignéesIbrahima Ly · 1982not translated into EnglishA teenage girl who refuses a forced marriage, and the prison into which she is thrown to make her yield.Literature
  • NovelL'Archer bassariModibo Sounkalo Keïta · 1984not translated into EnglishNotables of a Sahelian capital killed with a bow, while a village starves.Literature
  • Feature filmThe Sacred PagneBamunanFalaba Issa Traoré · 1990A champion cyclist whom leprosy drives from his place in the village.Cinema
  • Feature filmFire!Ta DonaAdama Drabo · 1991A young forester from the city looks for the ancient remedy that could put an end to the fires.Cinema
  • NovelMariage, on copieAïcha Fofana · 1994not translated into EnglishFour women and their marriages thwarted by caste, money or the gap between cultures.Literature
  • Feature filmFaraw! Mother of the DunesFaraw ! Une mère des sablesAbdoulaye Ascofaré · 1997The day of a Songhai mother who single-handedly keeps her family afloat, at the edge of the desert.Cinema
  • NovelL'Assassin du BanconiMoussa Konaté · 1998not translated into EnglishThree poisonings in a poor district of Bamako, and the first investigation of a Malian police commissioner.Literature
  • EssayL'ÉtauAminata Dramane Traoré · 1999not translated into EnglishA plea against the debt and structural adjustment imposed on Africa, at the end of the twentieth century.Literature
  • Feature filmGenesisLa GenèseCheick Oumar Sissoko · 1999The biblical story of the patriarchs transposed to the Sahel: clan quarrels that threaten to turn into a cycle of vengeance.Cinema