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Moussa Konaté
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Moussa Konaté (1951 – 30 November 2013) was a Malian writer who was born in Kita. A graduate in Humanities at Mali's Ecole Normale Supérieure of Bamako, he was a teacher for several years before turning to writing. He is the founder of Editions Le Figuier (Prickly Pear Publishing) and the director of the Association Etonnants voyageurs Afrique (Amazing Travellers Africa Association) and, along with Michel Le Bris, was the Mali manager of the Festival Etonnants voyageurs, an international book fair in Saint-Malo.
Quotes
To write is to dare to criticize.
Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) in its literary profile of Konaté.
Everyone writes first and foremost for themselves, while thinking about those around them.
The African choice Interview with Moussa Konaté
I had the incredible luck to grow up in a house with a family library. As a child, I read books that I was too young to understand.
Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) in its literary profile of Konaté.
By publishing myself, I am able to produce books at prices that are quite affordable for the Malian public.
Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) in its literary profile of Konaté.
There should also be, at the level of the state itself, a book policy that helps creators...
2011 interview with MAli jet
External links
Moussa Konaté (writer)
Category:1951 births
Category:2013 deaths
Category:Authors from Mali
Category:Non-fiction writers
Category:People from Mali