Djibril Tamsir Niane (9 January 1932 – 8 March 2021)[1] was a Guinean historian, playwright, and short story writer.
Born in Conakry, Guinea, his secondary education was in Senegal and his degree from the University of Bordeaux.
1217–1255), founder of the Mali Empire, to the Western world in 1960 by translating the story told to him by Djeli Mamoudou Kouyate, a griot or traditional oral historian.
He was the father of the late model Katoucha Niane (1960–2008).
[1] Texts on the History of Kaabu Literature and theater Scholarly works