Djibril Tamsir Niane (born 9 January 1932) is a historian, playwright, and short story writer, born in Conakry, Guinea.
The story was told to him by Djeli Mamoudou Kouyate, a griot or traditional oral historian.
A historian committed to decolonizing African history
Part of a wave of literature which sought to propose heroic models to the African people during the inNiane's epic has been likened by Western critics to the works of Homer and La Chanson de Roland.
Part of a wave of literature which sought to propose heroic models to the African people during the independence struggle