André Salifou

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André Salifou (* 1942 in Zinder ) is a Nigerien historian , writer , politician and diplomat .

Life

After primary school, André Salifou attended the Collège Classique et Moderne in Niamey from 1955 on in his hometown of Zinder . In 1959 he moved to the Lycée Classique in Abidjan . After completing his school education in 1963, he studied at the National University of the Ivory Coast in Abidjan, where he obtained a license in history . Salifou taught history and geography at the normal school in Zinder from 1967 to 1969 . With Marcel Inné he founded the theater tradition in the city during this time. In 1970 he published his first dissertation in history at the University of Toulouse . He became the first Nigerian to earn a doctorate in history. From 1970 to 1971 he was director of the normal school in Zinder. From 1972 he taught as an assistant professor at the École Internationale in Bordeaux .

Salifou then worked as an expert at UNESCO from 1973 to 1978 . He initially worked in Dakar and later moved to the UNECO headquarters in Paris . In 1978 he published his second dissertation in history at the University of Toulouse. Salifou became director of cultural and social affairs at OCAM in Bangui that same year . In 1979 he was instead appointed director of the Pedagogical School at Niamey University. He held this position until 1984. Niger was under the rule of Seyni Kountché , chairman of the Supreme Military Council at that time . In 1984 Salifou hosted a public conference in Niamey, broadcast on the ORTN state radio , on the subject of "Political, economic and social development of Niger from 1960 to 1974". This period corresponded to that of the First Republic under President Hamani Diori , which had been overthrown by Seyni Kountché. Salifou was then from 1984 to 1991 Professor of History at the Pedagogical Faculty of Niamey University. In 1985 he also became chairman of the board of directors of the Palais des Congrès event center in Niamey.

Under Head of State Ali Saibou , the Supreme Military Council was dissolved in 1989 and the establishment of political parties was allowed again. André Salifou was the first Nigerien in November 1990 to submit the statutes of a political party for approval. His party Union of Democratic and Progressive Patriots (UPDP-Chamoua) was approved on December 11, 1990. From July 29 to November 3, 1991 the national conference met in Niamey, which declared itself sovereign over the previous political and military rulers and prepared the transition of the country to a civil multi-party system . Salifou was a member of the preparatory commission of the national conference and chaired the sub-commission, in which the rules of procedure of the body were discussed. On August 5, 1991, he was elected President of the National Conference. Until parliamentary elections were held, a transitional parliament, the High Council of the Republic, was set up, which existed from November 1991 to April 1993 and in which Salifou was elected President of Parliament. At the constituent congress of his party UPDP-Chamoua in January 1992, he was elected party leader. As a result of the 1993 general election , Salifou became a member of the National Assembly . He was a member of the Parliamentary Commission on Rural Development and the Environment. The UPDP-Chamoua was in the opposition and joined a parliamentary group that was dominated by the MNSD-Nassara party, which was in the tradition of the Seyni Kountché regime. Salifou was vice-president of that group. In April 1994, like other opposition politicians, he was briefly imprisoned. From 1995 to 1996 he was Chairman of the Board of Directors of CONCERTA , which was responsible for road construction between Arlit and Tahoua .

On January 27, 1996, Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara came to power through a military coup. On February 1, 1996, he appointed André Salifou Minister of State for Higher Education and Research. Salifou changed departments on May 5, 1996, and succeeded Mohamed Bazoum as Foreign Minister , again with the honorary rank of Minister of State. On December 21, 1996 he was instead "Minister of State for relations with the assemblies" ( French : Ministre d'Etat chargé des Relations avec les Assemblées ). Salifou lost his ministerial office when Baré Maïnassara ousted the entire government on November 25, 1997. He then became the representative of the President in the Permanent Council of the International Organization of the Francophonie . From 1998 he was again Chairman of the Board of Directors of CONCERTA . The Baré Maïnassara regime fell victim to a coup in April 1999. Salifou was a member of the transitional parliament, which lasted until elections were held and to which he was appointed in his capacity as former speaker of parliament. In the 1999 parliamentary elections , the UPDP-Chamoua failed to get back into the National Assembly. André Salifou ran for the party in the 1999 presidential election and was sixth of seven candidates with 2.08% of the vote. In the runoff election he supported the winner Mamadou Tandja (MNSD-Nassara). Salifou then pursued a diplomatic career abroad. He was special envoy of the International Organization of Francophonie in the Comoros in 2001, OUA special envoy in Madagascar in 2002 and UA special envoy to Ivory Coast in 2003 . In 2018 he was appointed special envoy .

Salifou not only published historical and political writings, but also worked as a writer from the 1970s. He is considered one of Niger's most prominent authors, only surpassed by Boubou Hama in terms of the number and variety of publications .

Historical and Political Writings

  • Oral Tradition Records and Their Difficulties . In: International Africa Forum . No. 11 , 1971, p. 646-651 .
  • Le Damagaram ou Sultanat de Zinder from XIXe siècle (=  Collection Etudes Nigériennes . No. 27 ). Center Nigérien de Recherches en Sciences Humaines, Niamey 1971 (book publication of the first dissertation).
  • Les Français, Fihroun et les Kounta 1902-1916 . In: Journal de la Société des Africanistes . No. 43 , 1973, p. 175-195 .
  • Kaoucen ou la révolte sénoussiste (=  Collection Etudes Nigériennes . No. 33 ). Center Nigérien de Recherches en Sciences Humaines, Niamey 1974.
  • When history repeats itself. The famine of 1931 in Niger . In: African Environment. Environmental Studies and Regional Planning Bulletin . No. 1 , 1975, ISSN  1010-5522 .
  • Colonization et sociétés indigenes au Niger, de la fin du XIXè siècle au debut de la deuxieme Guerre Mondiale . Dissertation. University of Toulouse, 1977.
  • Mères et enfants de l'Afrique d'autrefois . UNICEF, Abidjan 1979.
  • Décolonisation et probèmes de l'Afrique indépendante. Classes terminales des lycées, examens et concours professionnels . Edicef, Paris 1983, ISBN 2-85069-553-X (with Bernard Delaveau and Claire Mongnet).
  • Perspectives du développement de l'enseignement supérieur en Afrique dans les prochaines décennies . In: Cahiers sur l'enseignement supérieur . No. 1 . UNICEF, 1983.
  • Trois études de cas sur la formation pédagogique des enseignants d'enseignement supérieur dans quelques pays d'Afrique francophone, en France, en URSS . UNESCO, Paris 1986 (with Daniel Lustin and Irina Rakobolskaja).
  • L'Europe et l'Afrique du XVe siècle aux indépendances . Edition De Bock, Brussels 1987 (with Claude Fluchard).
  • L'UNICEF au Niger . UNICEF, Niamey 1987.
  • Histoire du Niger . Editions Nathan, Paris 1989, ISBN 2-09-168557-7 .
  • Histoire du Niger . In: Marie-Clotilde Jacquey (ed.): Littérature nigérienne (=  Notre librairie . No. 107 ). CLEF, Paris 1991, p. 6-10 .
  • La question touarègue au Niger . Karthala, Paris 1993, ISBN 2-86537-434-3 .
  • Le Niger . L'Harmattan, Paris 2003, ISBN 2-7475-2639-9 .
  • Entretiens avec mes enfants sur la democratie en Afrique. Définition, fondements, institutions et fonctionnement . Présence Africaine, Paris 2005, ISBN 2-7087-0765-5 .
  • L'esclavage et les traites négrières . Editions Nathan, Paris 2006, ISBN 978-2-09-882176-7 .
  • Biography politique de Diori Hamani, premier président de la république du Niger . With a foreword by Omar Bongo Ondimba . Karthala, Paris 2010, ISBN 978-2-8111-0202-9 .

Literary works

  • Tanimoune. Drame historique en sept actes . Présence Africaine, Paris 1973 (play).
  • Le fils de Sogolon . Issa Béri, Niamey 1985 (play).
  • Si les cavaliers avaient été là . Issa Béri, Niamey 1985 (play).
  • Ousmane Dan Fodio, serviteur d'Allah . Imprimerie Nationale du Niger, Niamey 1988 (play).
  • Tels pères tels fils. Une saga sahèlienne . ACCT, Paris 1996, ISBN 92-9028-230-4 (novel).
  • La valse des vautours . Karthala, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84586-067-6 (novel).
  • L'Empereur des menteurs et autres contes du pays haoussa . Nouvelle Imprimerie du Niger, Niamey 2002 (short stories).

Honors

literature

  • Jean-Dominique Pénel, Amadou Maïlélé: Littérature du Niger. Rencontre . Volume III: Mahamadou Halidou Sabbo, Diouldé Laya, André Salifou, Mamane Maïdou, 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. André Salifou , S. 71-96 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Chaïbou Maman: Répertoire biographique des personnalités de la classe politique et des leaders d'opinion du Niger de 1945 à nos jours . Volume II. Démocratie 2000, Niamey 2003, p. 500-501 .
  2. ↑ Jean-Dominique Pénel, Marie-Clotilde Jacquey: Un théâtre mixed: Yazi Dogo . In: Marie-Clotilde Jacquey (ed.): Littérature nigérienne (=  Notre librairie . No. 107 ). CLEF, Paris 1991, p. 69-70 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Abdourahmane Idrissa, Samuel Decalo: Historical Dictionary of Niger . 4th edition. Scarecrow, Plymouth 2012, ISBN 978-0-8108-6094-0 , pp. 393-394 .
  4. ↑ a b c Chaïbou Maman: Répertoire biographique des personnalités de la classe politique et des leaders d'opinion du Niger de 1945 à nos jours . Volume II. Démocratie 2000, Niamey 2003, p. 501-502 .
  5. ^ Communiqué du Conseil des ministres du vendredi December 28, 2018. In: Niger Diaspora. December 29, 2018, accessed December 29, 2018 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Salifou, André
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nigerien historian, writer, politician and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH cinder