Titinga Frédéric Pacéré
Burkinabe writer, poet, lawyer and museum curator (1943–2024)
Titinga Frédéric Pacéré (31 December 1943 – 8 November 2024) was a Burkinabé solicitor, writer, poet and griot and founder and curator of the Musée de Manega museum in Burkina Faso.
Biography
Pacéré was born on 31 December 1943. He studied in Abidjan. He wrote over twenty books and published 60 volumes and was awarded the medal of honour of the Association of French speaking writers (A.D.E.L.F.).
He was awarded the 1982 Grand Prix Littéraire d'Afrique Noire for two of his works, Poèmes pour l'Angola (1982) and La Poésie des griots (1982). Other works include Refrains sous le Sahel (1976), Quand s'envolent les grues couronnées (1976), and Du lait pour une tombe (1984).
Pacéré died on 8 November 2024, at the age of 80.
Works
Literature
Ça tire sous le Sahel 1976
Refrains sous le Sahel 1976
Quand s'envolent les grues couronnées 1976
La poésie des griots 1983
Poème pour l'Angola 1983
Poème pour Koryo 1986
Livre, culture et développement 1989
Des entrailles de la terre 1990
Dim-Dolobsom
La Bendrologie ou la science du langage tambouriné
Bendr'N Gomdé
Le langage des tam-tams et des masques en Afrique 1992
Saglego, la poésie du tam-tam 1994
Essays and art related publications
Problématique de l'aide aux pays sous-développés 1976
Ainsi on a assassiné tous les Mossé 1979
L'artisan du Burkina 1987
Les Yakouga ou pierre tombales du Burkina 1993
Sociology and laws
La famille voltaïque en crise 1976
L'avortement et la loi 1983
Les enfants abandonnés 1990
Les personnes handicapées 1990
Ainsi on a assassiné tous les Mossé
The English translation of the book's title is So they murdered all Mossi people. It was first edited in 1979 by Naaman Editions (Canada) and re-edited in 1994 by Edition Fondation Pacere.
This essay describes the "anti-history" principle, one of the main ones guiding the design of Mossi people's society and the destruction of their civilization along with colonization.
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