Nouhou Malio

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Nouhou Malio (* 1915 ; † 1986 ) was a Nigerian narrator from the Djesseré profession .

Life

Nouhou Malio belonged to the Songhai ethnic group . He came from a family of traditional storytellers. Like his older brother Maliki, he began his training as a Djesseré with his father, who died before Nouhou Malio reached adulthood. The two brothers then continued their education elsewhere.

In addition to Koulba Baba , Djéliba Badjé , Badjé Bannya , Djado Sékou and Tinguizi , Nouhou Malio was one of the great master Djesseré of the 20th century. He lived in Saga , a suburb of the capital Niamey . There he trained numerous young Djesseré. Soumana Abdou accompanied him on the lute instrument molo , the typical accompaniment instrument of the Djesseré, when he presented his stories in the Zarma language . Unlike the other great masters, there are no sound recordings of Nouhou Malio by the state broadcasting corporation ORTN or the Research Institute for Human Sciences (IRSH) in Niamey. The literary scholar Thomas A. Hale recorded Nouhou Malio's great epic Askiya Mohamed and translated it into English . The historical Askiya Mohamed was the founder of the Askiya dynasty in the Songhaire empire in 1493 , to which the tradition of the Djesseré can also be traced.

literature

  • Thomas A. Hale: Scribe, Griot, and Novelist: Narrative Interpreters of the Songhay Empire. Followed by The Epic of Askia Mohammed Recounted by Nouhou Malio . University of Florida Press, Gainesville 1990, ISBN 0-8130-0981-2 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Thomas A. Hale: Scribe, Griot, and Novelist: Narrative Interpreters of the Songhay Empire. Followed by The Epic of Askia Mohammed Recounted by Nouhou Malio . University of Florida Press, Gainesville 1990, ISBN 0-8130-0981-2 , pp. 6 and 80 .
  2. ↑ a b c Hamadou Seini: Zarma-Songhoï Verbal Artistry and Expression: From the Epic to the Francophone Novel, with a Focus on Intertextual Dialogue Across the Genres . Dissertation. University of Colorado, Boulder 2013, pp. 31 and 33 ( scholar.colorado.edu [PDF; accessed April 10, 2020]).
  3. ^ A b Sandra Bornand: Le discours du griot généalogiste chez les Zarma du Niger . Karthala, Paris 2005, ISBN 2-84586-625-9 , pp. 223 .
  4. ↑ Ousmane Mahamane Tandina: épopée L' . In: Marie-Clotilde Jacquey (ed.): Littérature nigérienne (=  Notre librairie . No. 107 ). CLEF, Paris 1991, p. 60 .
  5. ↑ Abdourahmane Idrissa, Samuel Decalo: Historical Dictionary of Niger . 4th edition. Scarecrow, Plymouth 2012, ISBN 0-7864-0495-7 , pp. 71 .
personal data
SURNAME Malio, Nouhou
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nigerien narrator
DATE OF BIRTH 1915
DATE OF DEATH 1986