Amadou Diado

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Amadou Ousmane Diado (* 1940 in Dalway ) is a Nigerian journalist .

Life

Amadou Diado's birthplace Dalway is a village in the rural community of Kourteye in western Niger. Diado attended elementary school in Say . He then trained as an agricultural instructor at the agricultural school in Kollo , which he graduated in 1958. He then worked in this profession for five years.

Diado changed his profession in 1963 and became a journalist for the state print media. In the 1960s he made corresponding training in Tunis and Paris . He wrote for the state weekly newspaper Le Niger and was promoted to editor-in-chief . In comments for Le Niger , he criticized inadequacies in the young republic under President Hamani Diori , such as the housing shortage and poor equipment in the domestic cinemas. He welcomed the 1971 releases and reductions in sentences for political prisoners . In his 1972 published novel Maimou , the first as a serial novel in Le Niger had appeared, he dealt with issues of marriage, especially the bride price .

Under Head of State Seyni Kountché , Amadou Diado was sent to the Nigerian embassy in Paris. There he worked in the 1980s as first secretary responsible for press and information. Diado worked as a communications consultant for Kountché's successor, Ali Saïbou .

Works

  • Maimou ou le drame de l'amour. Roman suivi de poèmes . Imprimerie Générale du Niger, Niamey 1972.
  • Essai sur la presse écrite au Niger . Mémoire. Institut français de presse (IFP), Paris 1977.

Honors

literature

  • Jean-Dominique Pénel, Amadou Maïlélé: Littérature du Niger. Rencontre . Volume III: Mahamadou Halidou Sabbo, Diouldé Laya, André Salifou, Mamane Maïdo, Diado Amadou, Abdoua Kanta, Yacou Karanta, Mamane Sani, Salif Dago, Moussa Mahamadou, Kangaï Seyni Maïga. L'Harmattan, Paris 2010, ISBN 978-2-296-12860-6 , chap. Diado Amadou , S. 135-161 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Afrique contemporaine . No. 66-76 , 1973, pp. 44 .
  2. ↑ Répertoire National des localites (ReNaLoc). (RAR) Institut National de la Statistique de la République du Niger, July 2014, p. 518 , accessed on 7 August 2015 (French).
  3. ^ Moussa Mahamadou: Anthologie de la littérature écrite nigérienne d'expression française . Sépia, Saint-Maur 1996, ISBN 2-907888-50-1 , pp. 109 .
  4. ↑ Amadou Ousmane : Kountché par ses proches . Nouvelle Imprimerie du Niger, Niamey 1997, p. 142 .
  5. ^ François Martin: Le Niger du Président Diori. Chronology 1960–1974 . L'Harmattan, Paris 1991, ISBN 2-7384-0952-0 , pp. 269, 287 and 292 .
  6. ↑ Hans M. Zell, Carol Bundy, Virginia Coulon (Ed.): A New Reader's Guide to African Literature . 2nd, completely revised and expanded edition. Africana Publishing Company, New York 1983, ISBN 0-8419-0640-8 , pp. 260 .
  7. ↑ Europe outremer . No. 640-641 , 1983, pp. 172 .
  8. ↑ a b Décret n ° 92-257 / PRN / CHAN du 31 juillet 1992 portant nomination et promotion dans l'ordre national du Niger, à l'occasion de la fête du 3 août 1992 . In: Journal officiel de la République du Niger . 59th year, no. 17 , September 1, 1992, pp. 649 ( icao.int [PDF; accessed November 10, 2019]).
personal data
SURNAME Diado, Amadou
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Diado, Amadou Ousmane (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nigerien journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Dalway