Tombokoye Tessa

Tombokoye Tessa (* around 1927 in Sina Dey , Tessa ; † April 14, 1990 in Niamey ; actually Adamou Ali ) was a Nigerian singer .

Life

Tombokoye Tessa belonged to the Songhai - Zarma ethnic group . He was a son and grandson of Islamic scholars. He was supposed to follow in their footsteps, but did not finish his theological training. Certain elements of Islamic scholarship, such as the technique of reciting the Koran , shaped his approach as an artist. Tombokoye Tessa saw herself as a marabout . He sang in the Songhai-Zarma language and usually without any instrumental accompaniment. Traditionally oriented in terms of style, he adapted the subject matter of his songs to the current situation.

Tombokoye Tessa achieved a great reputation as a singer in Niger during his fifty-year career. Because of his popularity, he was often heard on national radio.

literature

Fatimata Mounkaïla : Tombokoye Tessa . In: Marie-Clotilde Jacquey (ed.): Littérature nigérienne (= Notre librairie . No. 107 ). CLEF, Paris 1991, p. 47-49 .
Amadou Saïbou Adamou: Les figures du discours comme modalités d'axiologisation dans la poésie du Gawlo Tombokoye Tessa . In: Mu Kara Sani . Vol. 20, July 2014, pp. 148-177 .
Amadou Saïbou Adamou: Parole-beurre: introduction à la poésie du gawlo Tombokoye Tessa (= Études nigériennes . No. 67 ). Editions Gashingo, Niamey 2011, ISBN 978-2-919607-17-4 .

Individual evidence

↑ Fatimata Mounkaïla: Femmes et savoirs au Niger: présence et invisibilité dans le mythe de Harakoye Dikko . In: Kimba Idrissa (ed.): Niger. Les intellectuels, l'État et la société . CODESRIA, Dakar 2016, ISBN 978-2-86978-708-7 , pp. 292 .
↑ ^a ^b Fatimata Mounkaïla: Tombokoye Tessa . In: Marie-Clotilde Jacquey (ed.): Littérature nigérienne (= Notre librairie . No. 107 ). CLEF, Paris 1991, p. 47-48 .
↑ ^a ^b Jean Derive: Oralité modern et nouveaux bardes dans les pays africains francophones . In: Revue de littérature comparée . Vol. 67, No. 1 , 1993, p. 104 .

personal data
SURNAME	Tessa, Tombokoye
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ali, Adamou (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Nigerien singer
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sina Dey
DATE OF DEATH	April 14, 1990
Place of death	Niamey

[1] Fatimata Mounkaïla: Femmes et savoirs au Niger: présence et invisibilité dans le mythe de Harakoye Dikko . In: Kimba Idrissa (ed.): Niger. Les intellectuels, l'État et la société . CODESRIA, Dakar 2016, ISBN 978-2-86978-708-7 , pp. 292 .

[Mounkaïla_107-2] Fatimata Mounkaïla: Tombokoye Tessa . In: Marie-Clotilde Jacquey (ed.): Littérature nigérienne (= Notre librairie . No. 107 ). CLEF, Paris 1991, p. 47-48 .

[Derive_104-3] Jean Derive: Oralité modern et nouveaux bardes dans les pays africains francophones . In: Revue de littérature comparée . Vol. 67, No. 1 , 1993, p. 104 .