Mali remembers and pays tribute to Amadou Hampâté Bâ who died on Might 15, 1991. A day of remembrance marked by a convention on the life and work of the well-known Malian writer and ethnologist.
as reported from Bamako, Kaourou Magassa
They sit virtually 100 underneath a thatched cottage within the gardens of the Palais de la Tradition in Bamako. In entrance of them is a portrait of Amadou Hampâté Bâ and a giant banner hung over a conventional Fulani hat. Everybody got here to attend a convention on the challenges of cultural range.
However in a short time the convention takes the again seat, testimonies take priority. To begin with, the household of the writer of Amkoullel, the Fulani baby. “As a result of I carry the title assigned to him, each time I say my first title, we at all times discuss with Hampâté Bâ along with his quote, his multiculturalism,” explains Hampâté Amadoun, one among his grandchildren. What forces him to “lots of accuracy, lots of consistency after which additionally be a mannequin”, he admits.
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Amadou Hampâté’s ideas and thought are dissected for virtually three hours. Anecdotes and reward circulation. The congregation consists virtually completely of mental Lanfia Sinaba speaks for a better popularization of the writer’s philosophy on which he wrote a e-book.
“Someplace we’d like an actual political will that may observe. The proof is that the person as such, the title, he is known, however his work deserves to be higher recognized, and to do that, there should be an actual advertising and advertising coverage. Popularization of his work. ”
At this time and regardless of the nationwide character, only a few Bamakois are conscious of the tributes and reminiscence of the well-known writer.
If there may be one factor to do at present, it’s to be certain that that Ampâté Bâ is a type of locomotive that we put money into, as a result of it is a big as little as is performed in a century. And this big deserves {that a} composition of initiatives be assembled in order that they carry the complete e-book and the written phrase and that the varsity is the recipient of all this.
Ismaïla Samba Traoré, writer and director of the publishing home La Sahélienne
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