Boubacar Boris Diop
Sengalese writer · Senegal · On the map · Writers · Born 1946 · age 80
Boubacar Boris Diop is a Senegalese novelist, journalist and screenwriter. His best known work, Murambi, le livre des ossements, is the fictional account of a notorious massacre during the Rwandan genocide of 1994.
Boubacar Boris Diop is read about 28 times a day, in 15 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 15 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 117 days, one point a day.
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He is also the founder of Sol, an independent newspaper in Senegal, and the author of many books, political works, plays and screenplays. Doomi Golo (2003) is one of the only novels ever written in Wolof; it deals with the life of a Senegalese Wolof family. The book was published by Papyrus Afrique, Dakar.
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Ahmadou KouroumaBoth received Prix TropiquesRaja RaoBoth received Neustadt International Prize for Literature
Tierno MonénemboBoth received Prix TropiquesKamau BrathwaiteBoth received Neustadt International Prize for Literature
Mia CoutoBoth received Prix Tropiques