Niane, Djibril Tamsir
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Variants
- N̳ane, Jibirili Tamisiri
- Niane, D. T. (Djibril Tamsir)
- Tamsir Niane, Djibril, 1932-
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1932-01-09
Death Date
- 2021-03-08
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire
- Organization: Université de Bordeaux (1441-1970)
- Organization: Université de Conakry
- Organization: Archives culturelles du Sénégal
- Organization: Senegal. Ministère de la culture
- Organization: Fondation Léopold Sédar Senghor
Birth Place
- Conakry (Guinea)
Associated Language
- French
Field of Activity
(lcsh) Mali (Empire)--History
(lcsh) Mandingo (African people)--History
(lcsh) Oral tradition--Africa, West
Occupation
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Earlier Established Forms
- Tamsir Niane, Djibril, 1932-
Sources
- found: Africa from the twelfth to the sixteenth century, 1984:t.p. (D.T. Niane)
- found: LC data base, 1/9/85(hdg.: Niane, Djibril Tamsir)
- found: His Contes d'hier et d'aujourd'hui, c1985:t.p. (Djibril Tamsir Niane) ser. t.p. verso (b. 1932 Conakry; conseiller au Ministère de la culture à Dakar)
- found: 22ème édition Journée internationale de l'écrivain africain, 2014:p. 1 of cover (Djibril Tamsir Niane)
- found: Encyclopedia Britannica online, viewed Feb. 19, 2015(Djibril Tamsir Niane, b. Jan. 9, 1932, Conakry, Guinea; African historian, playwright, and short-story writer; secondary education in Dakar; graduated 1959 in history, University of Bordeaux; he taught in Conakry and at the Institut Polytechnique before joining the Basic Institute of Black Africa, Dakar; his first scholarly work was Recherches sur l'empire du Mali (1959))
- found: Wikipedia, viewed 27 February 2019(Djibril Tamsir Niane; born 9 January 1932 in Conakry, Guinea; historian, playwright, and short story writer; 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)
- found: First Magazine (online), Mort de l'écrivain Djibril Tamsir Niane et sa soeur jumelle le même jour, 8 mars 2021, viewed March 8, 2021(Guinean historian and author Djibril Tamsir Niane; also dramatist; died at age 89 in Dakar on Monday morning [March 8], of Covid-19; he was honorary professor of Howard University and University of Tokyo) - https://firstmagazine.net/mort-de-lecrivain-djibril-tamsir-niane-et-sa-soeur-jumelle/
- found: Sunjata (Manden Janjon), 2021:title page (Jibirili Tamisiri N̳ane) page 1 of cover (translated by Mori Tarawore) title page verso (original edition in French, Soundjata ou l'épopée mandingue, 1960)
LC Classification
- PQ3989.2.N49
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Change Notes
- 1985-01-11: new
- 2021-12-21: revised
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