Theatre
Tanimoune
Not translated into English
André Salifou · 1973
Synopsis
A historical drama in seven acts devoted to Tanimoun, sultan of Damagaram, who died in 1884, and whose capital was Zinder. The author, a historian of this sultanate to which he had devoted his thesis, brings one of its rulers to the stage.
Context
The play appeared in 1973 in Paris, from Présence africaine, in the Théâtre series, two years after the publication of the author's thesis, Le Damagaram ou sultanat de Zinder au XIXe siècle, in the Études nigériennes series. Salifou then went on writing for the stage and the novel, and he signed the screenplay of the film Si les cavaliers… by Mamane Bakabé, drawn from one of his plays. No translation or reissue of the 1973 play has been found.
Who it is for
For discovering the historical theatre of Niger, nourished by the work of a historian of Damagaram, to be read in French.
Prizes and reception
A. S. K. Patengouh ranks Salifou, with Abdoulaye Mamani, in the historical and national orientation of Nigerien letters.
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