Hamidou Dia (1953 in Saldé – February 4, 2018) was a Senegalese writer, literary critic, and philosophy teacher.
He studied philosophy in Dakar and Paris, and achieved a doctorate in French Literature at the University of Laval. He later taught philosophy in the United States, Canada and Senegal.
Works Les Sanglots de l'espoir, 1987 Le Serment, 1987 Koumbi Saleh ou Les pâturages du ciel, 1993 Les Remparts de la mémoire, 1999 Poètes d'Afrique et de Antilles, 2002 Poésie africaine et engagement, 2002 L'Écho des jours, 2008 (with a preface by Cheikh Hamidou Kane) Présences, 2011 Aboubakry Kane, le dernier fils de la Grande Royale, 2013 (co-written with Youssouph Mbargane Guissé)
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