List of African Writers By Country - Guinea

Guinea

  • Kesso Barry (1948– ), autobiographer also associated with Senegal.
  • Saïdou Bokoum (1945– ), novelist.
  • Sory Camara, anthropologist.
  • Ahmed Tidjani Cissé (1942– ), playwright.
  • Koumanthio Zeinab Diallo (1956– ), poet and novelist.
  • Boubacar Diallo, novelist, short-story writer and film maker: La source enchantée, 1953
  • Alioum Fantouré (1938– ), economist and novelist.
  • Keïta Fodéba (1924–1969), poet and dancer.
  • Lansiné Kaba, historian.
  • Siré Komara (1991– ), novelist: Mes Racines.
  • Camara Laye (1928–1980), novelist: The Black Child.
  • Tierno Monénembo (1947– ), novelist: The Oldest Orphan, Les écailles du Ciel, Peulorihno, Le Roi de Kahel.
  • Djibril Tamsir Niane (1932– ), novelist and historian.
  • Williams Sassine (1944–1997), French-language novelist.

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Famous quotes containing the word guinea:

    To the eyes of a miser a guinea is more beautiful than the sun, and a bag worn with the use of money has more beautiful proportions than a vine filled with grapes.
    William Blake (1757–1827)

    We’re all of us guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress.
    Tennessee Williams (1914–1983)