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Birago Diop

Born

in Ouakam, Senegal

December 11, 1906

Died

November 25, 1989

Website

http://www.biragodiop.com/

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Diop, Birago (1906-1989), écrivain sénégalais d'expression française, qui rendit hommage à la tradition orale de son pays en publiant des contes, notamment ses Contes d'Amadou Koumba.

Né près de Dakar, il reçut une formation coranique et suivit simultanément les cours de l'école française. Pendant ses études de médecine vétérinaire à Toulouse, il resta à l'écoute des travaux des africanistes, et s'associa à la fin des années 1930 au mouvement de la Négritude qui comptait alors Senghor, Césaire. C'est à Paris qu'il composa en 1942 les Contes d'Amadou Koumba (publiés en 1947), marquant dès ce premier livre sa prédilection pour la tradition orale des griots, ces conteurs populaires dont il ne cessa jamais d'écouter la voix. Respectueux de l'ora ...more

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Birago Diop’s books

Average rating: 3.88 · 298 ratings · 31 reviews · 30 distinct works • Similar authors

	Les Contes d'Amadou Koumba 3.93 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 1966 — 11 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
	Tales of Amadou Koumba 3.81 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1966 — 7 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
	Les Nouveaux Contes d'Amadou Koumba 3.67 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1958 — 7 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
	L'os de Mor Lam 4.39 avg rating — 18 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
	Korte verhalen uit Afrika, Azië en Latijns-Amerika by Birago Diop, Henri Lopes, Adriano González León 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1978 — 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
	La Plume raboutée really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1978	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 et lavanes liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 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
	Á Rebrousse-temps it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1982 — 2 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
	Du temps de... it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1986 — 2 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
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