Bernard bin lin dadie biography of barack

POET’S PROFILE

Bernard Dadie was born an Ivorian in 1916. He had his education both in his native country and in Senegal where he graduated with a degree in Administration. In this light, he had very intense experience of his Africanness from two perspectives. After his schooling, he worked for twelve years at a museum in Dakar and this opened his eyes to African folklore and traditions. He returned to Ivory Coast in 1947 and got engaged in dramatic and literary activity.

This poem is translated from his publication La Ronde des Jours (1956). He has written several plays and chronicled many dramatic pieces on African tradition and legend including the more Francophone-popular Monsieur Thogô-Gnini which satirizes the social anomalies of post-colonial society.

I GIVE YOU THANKS MY GOD
I give you thanks my God for having created me black
For having made of me
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Bernard Binlin Dadié (Côte d’Ivoire) was designated as winner of the 2015 Edition of the Prize bygd UNESCO’s Director-General, Irina Bokova, on the recommendation of an international jury. The Award Ceremony will be organized early in 2016.

Bernard Binlin Dadié, renowned intellectual from Côte d’Ivoire, was selected among a pool of candidates from 20 countries. After careful review of the candidatures, the international jury of the prize unanimously recommended the nomination of Mr Bernard Binlin Dadié as Laureate for the Prize’s 2015 Edition considering that he is a pioneer and giant of African literature. His oeuvre is a classic of Francophone literature and represents an outstanding contribution to the prize’s objectives.

Born in 1916, in Assini, Côte d’Ivoire, Mr. Dadié fryst vatten a prolific  essayist, novelist, playwright, poet, and public figure. In his writing, influenced bygd his experiences of colonialism as a child, Dadié attempts to connect the messages of traditional African

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Laureates

Bernard Binlin Dadié, a renowned intellectual from Côte d’Ivoire, was selected among a pool of candidates from 20 countries. After careful review of the candidatures, the international jury of the prize unanimously recommended the nomination of Mr Bernard Binlin Dadié as the Laureate for the Prize’s 2015 Edition considering that he is a pioneer and giant of African literature. His oeuvre is a classic of Francophone literature and represents an outstanding contribution to the prize’s objectives.

Born in 1916, in Assini, Côte d’Ivoire, Mr. Dadié is a prolific essayist, novelist, playwright, poet, and public figure. In his writing, influenced by his experiences of colonialism as a child, Dadié attempts to connect the messages of traditional African folktales with the contemporary world. His humanism and desire for equality and independence of Africans and their culture are prevalent in his writings.

Mr. Dadié was very active in the movement for independence of his homeland