Boubou Hama (Nigerien historian)

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Sub-subject: HE Boubou Hama (Niger, historian). Syllabus:

1. The Nigerien historian and poet HE Niger Boubou Hama (Muslim)
2. His works on African culture and stories for young

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Description of the Sub-Subject: Boubou Hama.

Specialisation of Boubou Hama: African culture and youth stories.

Nigerien poet, philosopher, historian, man of letters and political Boubou Hama was born in Fonéko (Niger, West Africa) in 1906; he died on January 1982.

1. Religion: Boubou Hama was Muslim
2. Ethnic origin: Songhay
3. Studies in Dakar (Senegal)
4. Boubou Hama was President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Niger (1958 - 1974) and plays an major role in the Nigerien cultural life
5. Prisoner in Agadez (Niger) in 1974
6. Specialisations of Boubou Hama: The culture of Africa, the Gao Empire, The Songhai, Sokoto
7. Great litreary prize of Black Africa (1971) for his book “Kotia-Nima”
8. Prize Leopold Sédar Senghor for “Analytical essays of the education in Africa.”

The main books of Boubou Hama son:

1. Empire of Gao: History, Customs, and Magic of Songhai
2. Kotia-Nima
3. Tales and Legends of the Niger
4. History of Gobir and Sokoto
5. Traditional History of a Songhai village
6. The Wonderful Baobab
7. The Delay of Africa
8. Izé-Gani

Boubou Hama was an African historian of the West African Economic Area of the African Civilisation.