WRITER

Amadou Hampâté Bâ

1900 - 1991

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Amadou Hampâté Bâ (Fula: 𞤀𞤸𞤥𞤢𞤣𞤵 𞤖𞤢𞤥𞤨𞤢𞥄𞤼𞤫 𞤄𞤢𞥄, romanized: Ahmadu Hampaate Baa, 1900/1901 – 15 May 1991) was a Malian writer, historian, and ethnologist. He was an influential figure in the twentieth-century African literature and cultural heritage. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Amadou Hampâté Bâ has received more than 106,470 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Amadou Hampâté Bâ is the 2,986th most popular writer (down from 2,966th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Mali (down from 15th in 2019) and the most popular Malian Writer.

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  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Amadou Hampâté Bâ ranks 2,986 out of 7,302. Before him are Yevgeny Baratynsky, Unsuri, Bret Easton Ellis, Laura Bridgman, David Foster Wallace, and Tariq Ali. After him are Auguste Barbier, Miklós Radnóti, Wilfred Owen, Jim Rohn, Juan Ruiz, and Miguel Torga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Amadou Hampâté Bâ ranks 144. Before him are Antun Augustinčić, Hermann Esser, Johanna Wolf, Hellmuth Walter, Aristidis Konstantinidis, and Silvio Cator. After him are Pink Anderson, Teresa of the Andes, Sumitranandan Pant, Isaak Dunayevsky, Georgia Hale, and Carola Neher. Among people deceased in 1991, Amadou Hampâté Bâ ranks 108. Before him are Metin Oktay, Hitoshi Igarashi, Mario Scelba, Dead, Rufino Tamayo, and Andrzej Panufnik. After him are Nicholas Poppe, Miodrag Bulatović, Abderrahmane Farès, Billy Vaughn, Gloria Holden, and Ho Jong-suk.

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In Mali

Among people born in Mali, Amadou Hampâté Bâ ranks 16 out of 72. Before him are Bah Ndaw (1950), Askia Mohammad I (1443), Ali Farka Touré (1939), Sonni Ali (1464), Dioncounda Traoré (1942), and Jean Zerbo (1943). After him are Seydou Keita (1980), Boubacar Traoré (1942), Souleymane Cissé (1940), Yambo Ouologuem (1940), Modibo Keita (1942), and Moctar Ouane (1955).

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Among WRITERS In Mali

Among writers born in Mali, Amadou Hampâté Bâ ranks 1. After him are Yambo Ouologuem (1940).

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