Boubacar Boris Diop
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Boubacar Boris Diop is a Senegal
ese novelist, journalist and screenwriter. His best known work, Murambi, le livre des ossements (Murambi: The Book of Bones), is the fictional account of a notorious massacre during the Rwanda
n genocide
of 1994. He is also the founder of Sol, an independent newspaper in Senegal, and the author of many books, political works, plays and screenplays. Doomi Golo (2006) is one of the only novels ever written in Wolof
, it deals with the life of a Senegalese Wolof family. The book was published by Papyrus Afrique, Dakar
.
and with the Paris-based magazine Afrique, perspectives et réalités.
He also writes for films and theatre.
He contributes to numerous publications among which Internazionale, Chimurenga
Senegal
Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...
ese novelist, journalist and screenwriter. His best known work, Murambi, le livre des ossements (Murambi: The Book of Bones), is the fictional account of a notorious massacre during the Rwanda
Rwanda
Rwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
n genocide
Genocide
Genocide is defined as "the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group", though what constitutes enough of a "part" to qualify as genocide has been subject to much debate by legal scholars...
of 1994. He is also the founder of Sol, an independent newspaper in Senegal, and the author of many books, political works, plays and screenplays. Doomi Golo (2006) is one of the only novels ever written in Wolof
Wolof language
Wolof is a language spoken in Senegal, The Gambia, and Mauritania, and is the native language of the Wolof people. Like the neighbouring languages Serer and Fula, it belongs to the Atlantic branch of the Niger–Congo language family...
, it deals with the life of a Senegalese Wolof family. The book was published by Papyrus Afrique, Dakar
Dakar
Dakar is the capital city and largest city of Senegal. It is located on the Cap-Vert Peninsula on the Atlantic coast and is the westernmost city on the African mainland...
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Life and career
Boubacar Boris Diop is born in Dakar in 1946. He teaches literature and philosophy in several Senegalese high schools. He becomes technical advisor at the Cultural Ministry of Senegal. He starts working as a journalist and writer; he collaborates with local newspapers, with the Swiss magazine Neue Zürcher ZeitungNeue Zürcher Zeitung
The Neue Zürcher Zeitung is a major German language Swiss daily newspaper based in Zurich.One of the oldest newspapers still published, it originally appeared as Zürcher Zeitung, edited by Salomon Gessner, from January 12, 1780, and was renamed to Neue Zürcher Zeitung in 1821...
and with the Paris-based magazine Afrique, perspectives et réalités.
Work
Boubacar Boris Diop is a writer. In 1998 during the campaign Rwanda : écrire par devoir de mémoire he writes Murambi, le livre des ossements. He is the author of Doomi Golo, a novel entirely in Wolof.He also writes for films and theatre.
He contributes to numerous publications among which Internazionale, Chimurenga
Chimurenga
Chimurenga is a Shona word for 'revolutionary struggle'. The word's modern interpretation has been extended to describe a struggle for human rights, political dignity and social justice, specifically used for the African insurrections against British colonial rule 1896–1897 and the guerrilla war...
Novels
- Kaveena, Philippe Rey, 2006.
- L'Impossible innoncence, Philippe Rey, 2004.
- Doomi Golo, novel in Wolof, éditions Papyrys, 2003 (in French Les Petits de la guenon, éditions Philippe Rey, 2009).
- Murambi, Le livre des ossements, Stock, 2000.
- L'Europe, vues d'Afrique, nouvelles, collectif, Le Figuier.
- Le Cavalier et son ombre, Stock Paris, 1997, Price Tropiques 1997.
- Les Traces de la meute, roman, éditions l'Harmattan Paris 1993.
- Les Tambours de la mémoire, Nathan Paris, 1987, re-edition L'Harmattan, 1990, Grand Price de la République du Sénégal pour les Lettres, 1990.
- Le Temps de Tamango, follows Thiaroye, terre rouge, (théâtre) first edition Harmattan Paris 1981, Price Bureau Sénégalais du Droit d'Auteurs 1984. Translated into Italian. Re-edition Le Serpent à Plumes, 2002.
Essays
- Négrophobie, essai, with Odile Tobner and François-Xavier VerschaveFrançois-Xavier VerschaveFrançois-Xavier Verschave was primarily known as one of the founders of the French NGO Survie , over which he presided since 1995, and as coiner of the term Françafrique, an expression designating the specific form of neocolonialism which has been endured by the former French Colonies.Verschave...
, Ed. Les Arènes, 2005. - L'Afrique au secours de l'Occident, preface of the book by Anne-Cécile Robert, Ed. de l'Atelier
- Le Temps des aveux, Labor, Belgique 1993, collection of texts on the issue Ecriture et démocratie (writing and democracy)
Scriptwriting
- Thiaroye terre rouge00, L'Harmattan 1981 (with Le Temps de Tamango).
- Grandakar-Usine, une autre de ses pièces -écrite en collaboration avec le metteur en scène sénégalais Oumar Ndao- a été jouée sur plusieurs scènes d'Afrique Noire et du Maghreb.
Political writings
- Nicholas Sarkozy’s Unacceptable, 2008. Speech By Boubacar Boris Diop (Trans. from French by Wandia) Njoya).
- Ivory Coast: colonial adventure, By Boubacar Boris Diop. Monde Diplomatique, April 2005.
- LE SENEGAL ENTRE CHEIKH ANTA DIOP ET SENGHOR. Boubacar Boris Diop, 2005.
- Boubacar Boris Diop (Journaliste écrivain) : Les parents pauvres des médias. The PANOS Institute of West Africa, 2002.
- Boubacar Boris Diop, Dakar Noir . Transition - Issue 87 (Volume 10, Number 3), 2001, pp. 90–107.
- The new wretched of the earth on the Spanish exclaves Ceuta and Melilla at signandsight.com.
Interviews
- Interview with Boubacar Boris Diop, Yolande Bouka & Chantal Thompson. Lingua Romana: a journal of French, Italian and Romanian culture, Volume 2, number 1 / fall 2004.
- Sugnet, Charles. Dances with Wolofs: A conversation with Boubacar Boris Diop. Transition - Issue 87 (Volume 10, Number 3), 2001, pp. 138–159
- BOUBACAR BORIS DIOP : « Il a été des combats les plus rudes pour la dignité de l’homme noir’ », Elie-Charles MOREAU.
See also
- François-Xavier VerschaveFrançois-Xavier VerschaveFrançois-Xavier Verschave was primarily known as one of the founders of the French NGO Survie , over which he presided since 1995, and as coiner of the term Françafrique, an expression designating the specific form of neocolonialism which has been endured by the former French Colonies.Verschave...