Niane, D. T.: - nDjibril Tamsir Niane was a historian, playwright, and short-story writer born in 1932 in Conakry, Guinea. n nNiane graduated from the University of Bordeaux in France and was made an honorary professor of Howard University and the University of Tokyo. He also taught at Institut Polytechnique de Conakry before joining the Basic Institute of Black Africa in Dakar, Senegal. n nNiane died in 2021. n nTranslated from French by G.D. Pickett.n