by Amadou Hampaté Bâ · ISBN 9782290042861
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«Amkoullel, l'enfant peul» is a memoir by Amadou Hampâté Bâ, published by J'ai lu in paperback (445 pages, in French).
The book brings together the memoirs of Amadou Hampâté Bâ, focusing on his childhood and youth in Mali and his connection with the Peul oral tradition. The work is a testimony to the culture and history of the country and to the importance of orality in African society.
Subtitled «Mémoires», it is part of the J'ai lu collection (No. 4286) and includes bibliographical references.
A work of interest for those studying African literature, the history of Mali and the role of oral tradition.
Amadou Hampâté Bâ 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 his 1960 address to the UNESCO General Conference in which he urged the preservation of Africa's oral traditions, declaring: "I consider the death of each of these traditionalists as the burning of an unexploited cultural fund". A later formulation using the word bibliothèque emerged during a 1962 UNESCO Executive Board exchange.
