Retours Au Mali: Nouvelles [French]

By Ismaila Samba Traoré

Ismaila Samba Traor est n Bamako. Il a suivi des tudes universitaires de communication, de sociologie de la litt rature et d'anthropologie Bordeaux. Tour tour journaliste, chercheur en sciences sociales, pr sident d'associations culturelles et litt raires, professeur l'universit , haut fonctionnaire, il est l'auteur de plusieurs ouvrages. Il a notamment publi Les ruchers de la capitale, roman nomin aux Grands Prix litt raires d'Afrique Noire de 1983. En 1993, il cr e La Sah lienne, bureau d' tudes et maison d' dition. Un expatri malien posant un regard mi-amoureux mi-amer sur son lointain pays, un m nage qui implose, un couple parti la d couverte de ses origines, une femme contrainte au pire pour chapper la s cheresse et la famine, des combattants luttant chacun sa mani re pour un Sahara meilleur. Autant de personnages, autant d'interrogations et d'exigences. Qu'ils soient d racin s ou d pays s, qu'il aient fui pour se prot ger ou qu'ils se soient engag s pour se d fendre, ici et l -bas, le coeur de leurs pr occupations, c'est un retour vers un Mali se reapproprier.

Ismaila Samba Traor was born in Bamako. He studied communications, sociology of literature, and anthropology at university in Bordeaux. A journalist, social science researcher, president of cultural and literary associations, university professor, and senior civil servant, he is the author of several books. He notably published "Les ruchers de la capitale," a novel nominated for the Grands Prix litt raires d'Afrique Noire in 1983. In 1993, he founded La Sah lienne, a research office and publishing house. A Malian expatriate taking a half-loving, half-bitter look at his distant country, a household that implodes, a couple who set out to discover their origins, a woman forced to do the worst to escape drought and famine, and fighters each fighting in their own way for a better Sahara. So many characters, so many questions and demands. Whether they are uprooted or displaced, whether they have fled to protect themselves or have committed themselves to defend themselves, here and there, the heart of their concerns is a return to a Mali to reclaim.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: French
• ISBN: 9995254409
• ISBN13: 9789995254407
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: African Books Collective
• Length: 90 Pages
• Weight: 0.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 4.4" x 7.0"