# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/birago-diop
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:52:21.301Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/birago-diop"
name: "Birago Diop"
slug: "birago-diop"
description: "Birago Ismaël Diop was a Senegalese poet, storyteller, veterinarian, and diplomat whose work restored general interest in African folktales and was a major contribution to the Négritude literary movement."
tagline: "Senegalese poet, storyteller and diplomat (1906–1989)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Birago_sketch_tik.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1906-12-12"
deathDate: "1989-11-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://www.biragodiop.com/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump