Adame Ba Konaré
Malian historian
Adame Ba Konaré (born 1 May 1947 in Segu, Mali) is a Malian historian and writer who is married to Alpha Oumar Konaré, former President of Mali.
Quotes
edit- The hen knows the sun has risen and yet lets the rooster sing
- The statement of a certain number of clichés borrowed from colonial ethnology, which contribute to a denial of the existence of an African history.
- I asked all African historians, each in their own specialty, to write an article on one of the themes mentioned by President Sarkozy..
- Enormously. They come from both ordinary citizens and African and French intellectuals.
- I contacted institutions such as the Association of African Historians or the Council for the Development of Social Science Research (Codesria).
- I don't believe it. During his electoral campaign, Nicolas Sarkozy did not stop calling on people to express themselves freely.