Boubé Zoumé

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Boubé Zoumé (born December 30, 1951 in Gaya , † January 15, 1997 in Niamey ) was a Nigerien writer.

Boubé Zoumé came from a family of fishermen on the Niger River who belonged to the Songhai - Zarma ethnic group. He studied business administration in the capital Niamey. Zoumé is considered one of the most important Nigerien poets. He wrote in French. His best-known work, the collection of poems Les souffles du cœur , appeared in 1977 . His book Talibo, l'enfant du quartier , published in 1996, tells the story of a boy in a Koran school against the background of social dissolution.

literature

  • Jean-Dominique Pénel, Amadou Maïlélé: Littérature du Niger. Rencontre . Volume II: Barkiré Alidou, Marcel Inné, Hima Adamou, Djibo Mayaki, Alhassane Danté, Soli Abdourhamane, Amadou Ousmane, Albert Issa, Boubé Zoumé, Idé Adamou. L'Harmattan, Paris 2010, ISBN 978-2-296-12859-0 , chap. Boubé Zoumé , S. 203-215 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Alison Behnke: Niger in Pictures . Twenty-First Century Books, Minneapolis 2008, ISBN 0-822-57147-1 , p. 71.
  2. ^ Jean-Paul Labourdette, Dominique Auzias: Niger 2009 . Nouvelle édition de l'Université, Paris 2009, ISBN 2-7469-1640-1 , pp. 216 .
personal data
SURNAME Zoumé, Boubé
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nigerien writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Gaya (Niger)
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 1997
Place of death Niamey