Club de Lectura Casa África: 'Amkullel El niño fulbé', de Ahmadou Hampaté Bá

Amkullel, el niño Fulbé (Amkullel, the Fulba Child) is the book that we invite the Casa África Reading Club´s members to read during September of 2010. The author, Ahmadou Hampaté Bá, is a writer from Mali who is among his country´s leading literary voices. The discussion about the book will take place in Casa África on Thursday, September 30, at 7:00 pm.

"In Africa, when an elderly person dies, a library burns, an entire library disappears, without the need for the flames to eliminate the paper." This may be the most famous quote of Amadou Hampaté Ba, about whom we may highlight his field efforts in recovering and conveying African culture and its manuscript archives, the result of fifty years of research focused on oral traditions. Amkullel, el niño Fulbé (Amkullel, the Fulba Child) was published posthumously and includes his memoirs.