David Mandessi Diop (9 July 1927 – 29 August 1960)[1] was a French West African poet known for his contribution to the Négritude literary movement.[2] His work reflects his anti-colonial stance.[3]
Diop was the son of Maria Mandessi Bell (1896–1990), a member of the Cameroonian Bell family, of which Rudolf Duala Manga Bell and Ndumbe Lobe Bell, both kings of the Duala people, were also members.[4] He started writing poems while he was still in school, and his poems started appearing in Présence Africaine since he was just 15.[5] Diop lived his life transitioning constantly between France and West Africa, from childhood onwards. While in Paris, Diop became a prominent figure in Négritude literature. His work is seen as a condemnation of colonialism, and detest towards colonial rule. Like many Négritude authors of the time, Diop hoped for an independent Africa. Within the movement he was recognized as "the voice of the people without voice".[2]
He died in the crash of Air France Flight 343 in the Atlantic Ocean off Dakar, Senegal, at the age of 33 on 29 August 1960.[1][6] His one small collection of poetry, Coups de pilon, came out from Présence Africaine in 1956; it was posthumously published in English as Hammer Blows, translated and edited by Simon Mondo and Frank Jones (African Writers Series, 1975).
The Prix David Diop is awarded in his honour by the Association des écrivains du Sénégal.[7][8] Winners have included Pulchérie Abeme Nkoghe,[9] Papa Ibnou Sarr,[8] and Aïcha Diarra.[10]
^ ab"Biografski dodaci" [Biographic appendices]. Republika: Časopis za kulturu i društvena pitanja (Izbor iz novije afričke književnosti) (in Serbo-Croatian). XXXIV (12). Zagreb, SR Croatia: 1424–1427. December 1978.
^. University of Florida. Archived from the original on 7 January 2011.
^Ahmed Sheik: David Mandessi Diop. The aesthetics of liberation. The African Dawn. London. 1986. ISBN 095118430X. S. 38.
^planecrashinfo.com Famous People Who Died in Aviation Accidents: 1960s
^"Sénégal: 44e anniversaire de sa disparition : David Diop, ce poète de la révolte, de l'exil et de l'authenticité". AllAfrica. 31 August 2004. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
^ ab"Journée Internationale de l'Ecrivain Africain, un succes eclatant" [International Day of the African Writer, a resounding success]. SenePlus (in French). 17 November 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
^"Gabon: Pulchérie Abeme Nkoghe accouche de sa mère" [Gabon: Pulchérie Abeme Nkoghe gives birth to her mother]. Pouvoirs-Magazine (in French). 30 January 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
^"Journée Internationale de l'Ecrivain Africain : Aïcha Diarra remporte le Prix David Diop au Sénégal" [International Day of the African Writer: Aïcha Diarra wins the David Diop Prize in Senegal]. JolibaFM (in French). 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
Blair, Dorothy S. (1976). american literature in French. CUP Archive. ISBN978-0-521-21195-6.
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