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Djibril Tamsir Niane

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in Conakry, Guinea

January 09, 1932

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Djibril Tamsir Niane (born 9 January 1932) is a historian, playwright, and short story writer, born in Conakry, Guinea.

His secondary education was in Senegal and his degree from the University of Bordeaux. He is an honorary professor of Howard University and the University of Tokyo. He is noted for introducing the Epic of Sundiata, about Sundiata Keita (ca 1217-1255), founder of the Mali Empire, to the Western world in 1960 by translating the story told to him by Djeli Mamoudou Kouyate, a griot or traditional oral historian. He also edited Volume IV —Africa from the Twelfth to the Sixteenth Century— of the UNESCO General History of Africa and did other UNESCO projects. He was the father of model Katoucha Niane, (1960–2008).

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	Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali by Djibril Tamsir Niane, G.D. Pickett (Translator) 3.65 avg rating — 2,777 ratings — published 1960 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. IV, Abridged Edition: Africa from the Twelfth to the Sixteenth Century by Joseph Ki-Zerbo (Editor), Djibril Tamsir Niane (Editor) 4.32 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1984 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	General History of Africa volume 4: Africa from the 12th to the 16th Century (Unesco General History of Africa by Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Djibril Tamsir Niane (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1980 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	CONTES D'HIER ET D'AUJOURD'HUI really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eposy Czarnej Afryki by Djeli Mamadou Kouyaté, Thomas Mofolo, Djibril Tamsir Niane really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Histoire des Mandingues de l'Ouest: Le royaume du Gabou (Hommes et sociétés) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Recherches sur l'empire du Mali au Moyen Âge: Suivi de Mise en place des populations de la Haute-Guinée 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Soudan occidental au temps des grands empires: XIe-XVIe siècle 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Sissako ou la derniere citadelle suivi de Chaka par Djibril Tamsir Niane 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“How few things good fortune prizes!'
Yes, the day you are fortunate is also the day when you are the most unfortunate, for in good fortune you cannot imagine what suffering is.”
― D. T. Niane, Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali

tags: sundiata

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“The lion has walked.”
― Djibril Tamsir Niane, Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali

tags: africa, kings, mali, sundiata

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“He was great among kings, he was peerless among men.”
― Djibril Tamsir Niane, Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali

tags: africa, kings, mali, sundiata

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