Hamidou Dia

Hamidou Dia (1953 in Saldé – February 4, 2018) was a Senegalese writer, literary critic, and philosophy teacher.

He studied philosophy in Dakar and Paris, and achieved a doctorate in French Literature at the University of Laval. He later taught philosophy in the United States, Canada and Senegal.

Works

• Les Sanglots de l'espoir, 1987
• Le Serment, 1987
• Koumbi Saleh ou Les pâturages du ciel, 1993
• Les Remparts de la mémoire, 1999
• Poètes d'Afrique et de Antilles, 2002
• Poésie africaine et engagement, 2002
• L'Écho des jours, 2008 (with a preface by Cheikh Hamidou Kane)
• Présences, 2011
• Aboubakry Kane, le dernier fils de la Grande Royale, 2013 (co-written with Youssouph Mbargane Guissé)

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