| LC control no. | n 91063154 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Dim-Dolobsom, 1897-1940 |
| Variant(s) | Delobsom, A. A., 1897-1940 Delobsom, Dim, 1897-1940 Dim Dolobsom, Antoine Augustin, 1897-1940 Dimdolobsom, 1897-1940 Dolobsom, Dim-, 1897-1940 Naaba Koutou, 1897-1940 Naba Kutu, 1897-1940 Ouedraogo, André Augustin Dim-Dolobson, 1897-1940 Ouedraogo, André Augustin Dimdolobson, 1897-1940 Ouedraogo, Dimdolobson, 1897-1940 |
| Associated country | Burkina Faso |
| Associated place | Mali Senegal |
| Birth date | 1897 |
| Death date | 1940-07-13 |
| Place of birth | Sao (Centre, Burkina Faso) |
| Place of death | Sao (Centre, Burkina Faso) |
| Field of activity | Mossi (African people)--Folklore |
| Profession or occupation | Ethnologists Historians Civil servants Mossi (African people)--Kings and rulers |
| Found in | Pacere Titinga. Dim-Dolobsom, 1989?: t.p. (Dim-Dolobsom) cover p. 4 (b. 1897 à Sac, près de Ouagadougou; d. 1940) Hommage à Dimdolobsom, 2008: t.p. (Dimdolobsom) p. 4 of cover (André Augustin Dimdolobson OUEDRAOGO, known as Dimdolobsom, b. 1897 in Sao, 50 km from Ouagadougou; historian of Burkina Faso, published several works; died in 1940 at age 43 in his home village) p. 15 (Naba Kutu (Dimdolobsom, "Naba Fer"), assumed throne of Sao in 1940) p. 21 (André Augustin Dim-Dolobsom Ouedraogo, known by the name Dimdolobsom; Dim-Dolobsom) Le Faso.net website, Aug. 10, 2010: Histoire des grands hommes du Burkina Faso (Naaba Koutou, better known as Dimdolobsom; one of the first Voltaic writers; d. July 13, 1940) Burkina Faso, the Bradt travel guide, 2006, viewed online Aug. 10, 2010: p. 51 (Dimdolobsom Ouedraogo, author of one of Burkina Faso's most significant early publications, Maximes, pensées et devinettes mossi, publ. in 1934) OCLC, Aug. 10, 2010 (hdgs.: Dim-Dolobsom, 1897-1940; Dim-Dolobsom, A. A., 1897-1940; usage: Dim Delobsom A.A.; A. A. Dim Delobsom) Scholar Commons website, Akyeampong, Emmanuel K., and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (editors). Dictionary of African biography, Kevane, M. Dim Delobsom, 2011, viewed online December 4, 2024: page 179 (Delobsom, Dim (1897-1940); Burkinan author, canton chef, and civil servant; the name Dim Delobsom means "The king has returned the favor", acknowledging the relationship between him and previous chief Naba Piiga; Delobsom was sent in 1905 [about age 8] to the newly established École de Fils de Chefs, Kayes, Mali, and then to the Lycée Faidherbe, Saint Louis, Senegal; returned to Ouagadougou in 1913 [about age 16] and began a career in the French colonial administration; in the 1920s he was principal clerk to Louis Fousset, secretary-general of the colonial administration; began authoring ethnographic studies of the Mossi, using his Christian name, Antoine Augustin Dim Delobsom; in 1932 he published in France the first ethnolography from French West Africa authored by a native, L'empire du mogho naba, which contained several controversial ideas; in 1934 he published Les secrets des sorciers noirs; after the passing of his father, Gueta Wagdogo, son of Yiougo, naba (Mossi chief) of Sao, his birthplace, French administrators opposed Delobsom's accession to the chieftaincy; in 1936 Delobsom was transferred from Ouagadougou to Ferkessedougou to become chief clerk at that post, and his brother Zang-nê was named interim chief of Sao; eventually Delobsom ousted Zang-nê in April 1940 and was enthroned as naba of Sao; on 11 July 1940, the pro-Vichy faction in Dakar took effective control of Ouagadougou and declared martial law; Delobsom died three days later in Sao; poisoned wine was suspected by his relatives) <https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?params=/context/econ/article/1074/&path_info=Kevane_Dim_Delobsom.pdf> |
| Associated language | fre |
| Invalid LCCN | no2010130129 |
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