Fily Dabo Sissoko

Fily Dabo Sissoko was a Malian writer and political leader, born 15 May 1900 at Horokoto. He died 30 June 1964, imprisoned at Kidal. Fily Dabo Sissoko is chiefly remembered as one of the most influential political leaders of pre-independence Mali, primary conservative rival to Mali's first President Modibo Keita, and an influential writer of the Negritude movement.