Amadou Hampâté Bâ

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|death_place= Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire |occupation = Writer and ethnologist }} Amadou Hampâté Bâ (, 1900/1901 – 15 May 1991) was a Malian writer, historian, and ethnologist. He was an influential figure in the twentieth-century African literature and cultural heritage. A champion of Africa's oral tradition and traditional knowledge, he is remembered for the saying: "whenever an old man dies, it is as though a library were burning down" ("''un vieillard qui meurt, c'est une bibliothèque qui brûle''"). Provided by Wikipedia