Seydou Badian

Seydou Badian Kouyaté was born in Bamako on 10 April 1928. A doctor trained in Montpellier, he returned home in 1956 as a district doctor, wrote the words of the national anthem and became, on 17 September 1962, Modibo Keïta's Minister of Economic and Financial Coordination. An essay on African leaders won him the Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire in 1965. After the coup d'état of 1968, he was deported to Kidal, then went into exile in Dakar. He died in Bamako on 28 December 2018.

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