by Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Alain Gheerbrant · ACTES SUD · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782868699060
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In this first volume of his memoirs, Amadou Hampâté Bâ transports us to Mali in the early 20th century, where young Amkoullel is initiated into ancestral traditions, attends French and Koranic schools, and prepares to become one of the last custodians of an oral civilization in full transformation. Through his experiences, the author offers us a valuable lesson in humor, tolerance and humanity, while immersing us in the richness and colors of the great African oral narrative.
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.
