Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Poetic Obituaries: [Mamadou Traoré Diop,] who was also a poet

and playwright, was the Deputy Secretary General of the Pan-African of Writers Association (PAWA).

His books include the collection of poems entitled 'Mon Dieu est noir' (My God is Black) and the play 'La Patrie ou la mort' (The Fatherland or death), in tribute to the leader of the liberation war of Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde, Amilcar Cabral.

from Afrique en ligne: Senegalese author Mamadou Traore Diop passes away

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