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Amadou Hampâté Bâ

1900 - 1991

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Amadou Hampâté Bâ (Fula: 𞤀𞤸𞤥𞤢𞤣𞤵 𞤖𞤢𞤥𞤨𞤢𞥄𞤼𞤫 𞤄𞤢𞥄, romanized: Ahmadu Hampaate Baa, 1900/1901 – 15 May 1991) was a Malian writer, historian, and ethnologist. He was an influential figure in the twentieth-century African literature and cultural heritage. A champion of Africa's oral tradition and traditional knowledge, he is remembered for the saying: "whenever an old man dies, it is as though a library were burning down" ("un vieillard qui meurt, c'est une bibliothèque qui brûle"). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Amadou Hampâté Bâ is the 3,080th most popular writer (down from 2,985th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Mali and the most popular Malian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Amadou Hampâté Bâ ranks 3,080 out of 7,302. Before him are Claribel Alegría, Consort Ban, Jim Carroll, Josephine Tey, Laxmi Prasad Devkota, and Al-A'sha. After him are Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos, Igor Gouzenko, Philotheus of Pskov, Charles Pinot Duclos, Elmore Leonard, and Samuel Smiles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Amadou Hampâté Bâ ranks 158. Before him are Hans Stuck, Eduard van Beinum, Hermann Esser, Georgia Hale, Aleksandr Ptushko, and Silvio Cator. After him are Bernardus Johannes Alfrink, Charles Vidor, Jacques Moeschal, Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Hendrik van Gent, and Oskar Fischinger. Among people deceased in 1991, Amadou Hampâté Bâ ranks 110. Before him are Jack Crawford, Heidi Brühl, Rufino Tamayo, Étienne Decroux, Abderrahmane Farès, and Miodrag Bulatović. After him are Metin Oktay, Hitoshi Igarashi, Claude Cahen, Pietro Ferraris, Louis Seigner, and Northrop Frye.

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In Mali

Among people born in Mali, Amadou Hampâté Bâ ranks 16 out of 72. Before him are Alpha Oumar Konaré (1946), Jean Zerbo (1943), Ali Farka Touré (1939), Dioncounda Traoré (1942), Bah Ndaw (1950), and Sonni Ali (1464). After him are Seydou Keita (1980), Salif Keïta (1946), Modibo Keita (1942), Boubacar Traoré (1942), Camila Alves (1983), and Yambo Ouologuem (1940).

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Among WRITERS In Mali

Among writers born in Mali, Amadou Hampâté Bâ ranks 1. After him are Yambo Ouologuem (1940).

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