| LC control no. | no 94007837 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Abdoulaye, Mamani, 1932-1993 |
| Associated country | Niger |
| Birth date | 1932 |
| Death date | 19930603 |
| Place of birth | Goudoumaria (Niger) |
| Place of death | Zinder (Niger) |
| Affiliation | Societe Generale Anonyme Union Démocratique Nigerien |
| Profession or occupation | Poets Novelists Labor leaders |
| Found in | Oeuvres poétiques, c1993: t.p. (Mamani Abdoulaye) p. 4 of cover (b. 1932 in Niger; d. 1993) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed February 27, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Mamani, Abdoulaye; poet, fiction writer, labor organizer / leader; born 1932 in Goudoumaria, Niger; a commercial agent at the Societe Generale Anonyme (SGA) in Zinder; committed political activist, and joined the Union Démocratique Nigerien (UDN); was elected a “territorial advisor” of the Afrique Occidentale Française (AOF); French West Africa), became the main advisor to the Territorial Assembly with a seat in Dakar, Senegal (1957); published Sarraounia Mangou (1980), his most impressive and internationally acclaimed novel; Le Balai (The Broom, 1973) which won a prize from Radio France International (RFI) as well as the Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique (ACCT) prize; recipient of a distinction award from the Palmes Académiques des Lettres et des Arts in France (1990) and the Boubou Hama Literary Prize (1993); died 03 June 1993 near, Zinder, Niger) |
| Associated language | fre |
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