Hamidou Dia

Hamidou Dia (Saldé, 1953 – 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)