by Amadou Hampâté Bâ · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782290315859
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«Oui mon commandant !» is the autobiographical account by Amadou Hampâté Bâ, published by J'ai lu in paperback (507 pages, in French).
At twenty-two, Amadou Hampâté Bâ joins the colonial administration in present-day Burkina Faso. On his travels he begins collecting oral tales, marries, starts a family and lives a thousand adventures. The author portrays colonial Africa with humor and sensitivity; on returning to Mali he receives teachings of love and tolerance from his spiritual master.
Second volume of Amadou Hampâté Bâ's memoirs. The book was originally published in 1994; this J'ai lu edition is from 2001.
For readers with a command of French interested in African literature, oral traditions and the memory of the colonial administration.
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.
