Aminata Dramane Traoré (born 1947) is a Malian author, politician, and political activist. She served as the Minister of Culture and Tourism of Mali from 1997 to 2000 and also worked as coordinator of the United Nations Development Programme. She is the current Coordinator of Forum pour l'autre Mali and Associate Coordinator of the International Network for Cultural Diversity and was elected to the board of the International Press Service in July 2005. She is a member of the scientific committee of the Fundacion IDEAS, Spain's Socialist Party's think tank.[2]
Aminata Traoré | |
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 Aminata Traoré in 2008 at the Libération forum in Grenoble | |
| Minister of Culture and Tourism of Mali | |
| In office 1997–2000 | |
| President | Alpha Oumar Konaré |
| Prime Minister | Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Aminata Dramane Traoré 1947 (age 76–77) Bamako, Mali[1] |
Views
editTraoré is a prominent critic of globalization and the economic policies of the most developed nations. Specifically, she has voiced opposition to the Western countries' subsidization of their own cotton farmers, which leaves West African countries at a disadvantage in competing for space in Western markets. Traoré is one of the signatories, or members of the Group of Nineteen, of the Porto Alegre Manifesto issued at the 2005 World Social Forum.
She defended Ahmed Sékou Touré, the long-time president of neighbouring Guinea, saying his bad reputation as a dictator and his attempts at exterminating the Fulas from the Fouta Djalon in Guinea were due to propaganda and misinformation.[3]
Published works
edit- 1999 L'étau. L'Afrique dans un monde sans frontières. Babel Actes Sud.
- 2002 Le Viol de l'Imaginaire. Fayard/Actes Sud.
- 2005 Lettre au Président des Français à propos de la Côte d'Ivoire et de l'Afrique en général. Fayard.
- 2008 L'Afrique humiliée. Fayard.
- 2012 L'Afrique mutilée. Taama Editions.
Awards
edit- 1995 – Ciwara Prize of Excellence
- 1996 – Knight of the National Order of Mali
- 2004 – Prince Claus Cultural Award (Netherlands)
- 2006 – Official of the National Order of Mali
- 2008 – Commentator of the National Order of Mali[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Aminata Traoré". Casafrica. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ Fundacion IDEAS website Archived 5 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Interview in Kunskapskanalen, SVT (Sweden public television) January 2006
External links
edit- Aminata Dramane Traoré. Une révoltée altermondialiste 21 mai 2008, Bamako Mali. (interview) Sadou Yattara and Anne Perrin. Rapport Afrique de l’Ouest 2007–2008, OECD. December 2008.
- Aminata Traoré Interview Politis.fr (in French)
- Prince Claus Award 2004 summary