Bintou Sanankoua
Born1943
NationalityMalian
Occupation(s)Historian, politician
Notable workUn empire peul au XIXe siècle: La Diina du Maasina

Bintou Sanankoua is a historian from Mali,[1][2] who is Professor of History at the École Normale Supérieure de Bamako.[3][4] She specialises in the history of Mali in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She has produced a study of the fall of the former president, Modibo Keita.[5]

Brought up as part of the household that the author Amadou Hampâté Bâ was responsible for,[6] Her close connection to the family meant that she was able to access family papers for her work Un empire peul au XIXe siècle: La Diina du Maasina, she also accessed archived held at the Ahmed Baba Centre in Timbuktu.[7] In her work as a historian, she has expanded Bâ's own work on the life of the Dina people in the nineteenth century.[6] She has also pioneered the study of the Caliphate of Ḥamdallāhi.[8] She has worked on the Bayān mā waqaʿa - a text which describes the defeat of the Ḥamdallāhi.[9]

First elected as a member of the National Assembly of Mali in 1997, her candidacy was supported by Coordination des Associations et ONG Féminines du Mali (CAFO).[10][11][4] She has also held the role of Regional Coordinator for the Promotion of Women in Mopti.[12] She is a member of the Collectif des Femmes du Mali (Women’s Collective of Mali) [COFEM].[13]

Selected publications

  • Sanankoua, Bintou. Un empire peul au XIXe siècle: La Diina du Maasina. KARTHALA Editions, 1990.[14]
  • Sanankoua, Bintou. "Femmes et parlement au Mali." Afrique contemporaine 210.2 (2004): 145-156.
  • Sanankoua, Diarah Bintou. "Les écoles “Coraniques” au Mali: problèmes actuels." Canadian Journal of African Studies/La Revue canadienne des études africaines 19.2 (1985): 359-367.[15]
  • Sanankoua, Bintou. "Amadou Hampate Ba: A Testimony." Islamic Africa 1.2 (2010): 143-166.[16]

References

  1. ↑ Laviolette, Adria (March 1996). "Djenné: Picture this - Djenné, il y a cent ans. By Bernard Gardi, Pierre Maas and Geert Mommersteeg. Amsterdam: Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) Press, 1995. Pp. 168. Dfl. 80 (ISBN 90-6832-250-8)". The Journal of African History. 37 (1): 162–163. doi:10.1017/S0021853700035088. ISSN 1469-5138. S2CID 162478567.
  2. ↑ Collective Mobilisations in Africa / Mobilisations collectives en Afrique: Enough is Enough! / Ça suffit!. BRILL. 2015-06-02. p. 174. ISBN 978-90-04-30000-2.
  3. ↑ Sanankoua, Bintou; Sidibe, Samuel (2003). "Malian Cuisine" (PDF). Smithsonian Folklife (29).
  4. 1 2 MALI: HISTÓRIA, ETNOLOGIA E POLÍTICA (Government of Brazil)
  5. ↑ Lecocq, Baz; Mann, Gregory (2003). "Introduction Writing Histories of an African Post-Colony: Modibo Keita's Mali, 1960-1968". Mande Studies. 5: 1–7. ISSN 1536-5506. JSTOR 44078819.
  6. 1 2 Austen, Ralph A.; Soares, Benjamin F. (2010). "AMADOU HAMPÂTÉ BÂ'S LIFE AND WORK RECONSIDERED: CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES". Islamic Africa. 1 (2): 133–142. ISSN 2333-262X. JSTOR 42636154.
  7. ↑ Salvaing, Bernard (1991). "Sanankoua (Bintou) : Un Empire peul au XIXe siècle : la Diina du Maasina". Outre-Mers. Revue d'histoire. 78 (292): 429–430.
  8. ↑ "CALL FOR PAPERS - The "Caliphate of Hamdallahi": A History from Within | Tombouctou Manuscripts Project". www.tombouctoumanuscripts.uct.ac.za. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  9. ↑ Syed, Amir (2021). "Political Theology in Nineteenth-Century West Africa: Al-Ḥājj ʿUmar, the Bayān mā waqaʿa, and the Conquest of the Caliphate of Ḥamdallāhi". The Journal of African History. 62 (3): 358–376. doi:10.1017/S0021853721000505. ISSN 0021-8537. S2CID 239672343.
  10. ↑ Wing, S. (2008-04-28). Constructing Democracy in Transitioning Societies of Africa: Constitutionalism and Deliberation in Mali. Springer. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-230-61207-5.
  11. ↑ Naples, Nancy A.; Desai, Manisha (2004-04-16). Women's Activism and Globalization: Linking Local Struggles and Global Politics. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-95517-5.
  12. ↑ "Democracy and political change in Sub-Saharan Africa". Choice Reviews Online. 33 (11): 33–6539-33-6539. 1996-07-01. doi:10.5860/choice.33-6539. ISSN 0009-4978.
  13. ↑ Women, Endogenous Governance and Conflict Prevention in West Africa Workshop organised by Sahel and West Africa Club/OECD Niamey (Niger), 26 to 28 April 2006
  14. ↑ Sanankoua, Bintou (1990-01-01). Un empire peul au XIXe siècle: la Diina du Maasina (in French). KARTHALA Editions. ISBN 978-2-86537-234-8.
  15. ↑ Sanankoua, Diarah Bintou (1985-01-01). "Les écoles "Coraniques" au Mali: problèmes actuels". Revue canadienne des études africaines. 19 (2): 359–367. doi:10.1080/00083968.1985.10804118. ISSN 0008-3968.
  16. ↑ Sanankoua, Bintou (2010-06-03). "AMADOU HAMPÂTÉ BÂ: A TESTIMONY". Islamic Africa. 1 (2): 143–166. doi:10.1163/21540993-90000015. ISSN 2154-0993.
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