D T Niane

Djibril Tamsir Niane (1932–2021) was a Guinean historian, playwright, and short story writer born in Conakry, Guinea. He is best known for translating and introducing the Epic of Sundiata, the story of Mali Empire founder Sundiata Keita, to the Western world in 1960, and for editing Volume IV of UNESCO's General History of Africa.[1][2][3]