Kélétigui Mariko

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Kélétigui Abdourahmane Mariko , also Kélétigui Abdourahamane Mariko (born February 21, 1921 in Zinder , † December 3, 1997 in Niamey ) was a Nigerien author and manager .

Life

Kélétigui Mariko's father belonged to the Bambara ethnic group and was an officer in the colonial troops of France . His mother was a Hausa from Tessaoua . His parents moved from French Sudan to the city of Zinder in Niger, where his father was retired. Kélétigui Mariko was born in Zinder and attended the French school there. At a young age, Mariko worked as a musician. He played various instruments in orchestras in Bamako , Gao and Kita and worked as a song composer. He also directed the orchestra of the Amicale de Niamey . In the 1940s he trained as a veterinarian . During this time he met writers like Fily Dabo Sissoko , who made him want to become a writer too. In the course of his work as a veterinarian in various places in French West Africa , he recorded oral traditions .

In the Republic of Niger, which has been independent since 1960, Mariko took on various management functions in the civil service and in state-owned companies. In the Ministry of Rural Economy he worked in 1962 as a director for cooperation and from 1963 to 1965 as head of the development department. At the same time, he was General Director of the Societé du Riz du Niger and administrator of SOTRAMIL . From 1965 Mariko was director of the Union Nigérienne de Crédit et de Coopérative (UNCC) and Caisse Nationale de Crédit Agricole (CNCA) responsible for the financing of agricultural production . He began a major publication activity in the 1980s, publishing books on development issues , collections of narratives from the Sahel and various other topics. In his last years Mariko was involved in the NGO SOS Sahel International , of which he was president for several years and whose office in the capital Niamey he headed until his death.

Works

  • Souvenirs de la boucle du Niger. 1953-1976 . Nouvelles éd. africaines, Dakar 1980, ISBN 2-7236-0214-1 .
  • Le monde mystérieux des chasseurs traditionnels . Nouvelles éd. africaines, Dakar 1981.
  • Les Groupements paléonégritiques nigériens . Nouvelles éd. africaines, Dakar 1983, ISBN 2-7236-0839-5 .
  • Sur les rives du fleuve Niger. Contes sahéliens: recueillis en pays haoussa, zarma, mandé, peul, manding, banmanan, dogon, touareg, bornouan, mossi . 2nd Edition. Karthala, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-86537-096-8 (first publication: Paris 1984).
  • Les Touaregs Ouelleminden. Les fils des grandes tentes . Karthala, Paris 1984, ISBN 2-86537-101-8 .
  • Poèmes sahéliens en liberté . La Pensée universelle, Paris 1987.
  • Gizo da Kooki ou le roman de l'araignée en pays Hawsa . La Pensée Universelle, Paris 1988, ISBN 2-214-07741-3 .
  • Les chants de chasseurs haoussa . In: Marie-Clotilde Jacquey (ed.): Littérature nigérienne (=  Notre librairie . No. 107 ). CLEF, Paris 1991, p. 41-43 .
  • Diversité culturelle et linguistique . In: Marie-Clotilde Jacquey (ed.): Littérature nigérienne (=  Notre librairie . No. 107 ). CLEF, Paris 1991, p. 11-23 .
  • La mort de la brousse. The dégradation de l'environment au Sahel . Karthala, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-86537-450-5 .

Honors

literature

  • Debra S. Boyd: A Man from the River Niger: Kélétigui Abdourahmane Mariko . In: Tydskrif vir Letterkunde . No. 42/2 , 2005, p. 149–156 ( online [PDF]).
  • Jean-Dominique Pénel, Amadou Maïlélé: Littérature du Niger. Rencontre . Volume I: Kélétigui Mariko, Mamani Abdoulaye, Idé Oumarou, Yazi Dogo, Hawad, Ibrahim Issa. L'Harmattan, Paris 2010, ISBN 978-2-296-12858-3 , Chapter I: Kélétigui Abdourahmane Mariko , p. 15-50 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Debra S. Boyd: A Man from the River Niger: Kélétigui Abdourahmane Mariko . In: Tydskrif vir Letterkunde . No. 42/2 , 2005, p. 150–151 ( online [PDF; accessed March 27, 2016]).
  2. ↑ a b c Debra S. Boyd: A Man from the River Niger: Kélétigui Abdourahmane Mariko . In: Tydskrif vir Letterkunde . No. 42/2 , 2005, p. 152–153 ( online [PDF; accessed March 27, 2016]).
  3. ↑ a b c Abdourahmane Idrissa, Samuel Decalo: Historical Dictionary of Niger . 4th edition. Scarecrow, Plymouth 2012, ISBN 978-0-8108-6094-0 , pp. 318-319 .
  4. ↑ Jean-Dominique Pénel: Littérature du Niger. Rencontre . Vol. 2: 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 , pp. 15 .
personal data
SURNAME Mariko, Kélétigui
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mariko, Kélétigui Abdourahamane (full name); Mariko, Kélétigui Abdourahmane (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nigerien author and manager
DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH cinder
DATE OF DEATH 3rd December 1997
Place of death Niamey