Boubacar Hama Beidi

Boubacar Hama Beïdi
Born	1951 Birni N'Gaouré, Boboye Department, Niger
Occupation	Educator, author, politician

Boubacar Hama Beïdi (also Buubacar Hamma Beedi or Buubakar Hamma Beedi), born in 1951 in Birni N'Gaouré in the Boboye Department, is a Nigerien educator, author, and politician.

Biography

Boubacar Hama Beïdi belongs to the Fula ethnic group. He is the son of a high dignitary at the royal court of the traditional chief of Birni N'Gaouré. He began his primary education in Birni N'Gaouré.

Hama Beïdi attended the National Lycée in the capital, Niamey, and graduated in 1967 with a baccalauréat. He dedicated most of his professional life to elementary education, working as a teacher, school principal, and school inspector, and also taught teacher training. From 1989 to 1991, he was a member of the National Assembly of Niger for the then-unified National Movement for the Development of Society (MNSD-Nassara). Boubacar Hama Beïdi has authored several writings in French and Fulfulde on the culture of the Fula people from his native Dallol Bosso region.

Literary works

• La sagesse pratique. Proverbes en fulfulde transcrits, traduits, et expliqués. Publi Service, Niamey 1991.
• Les Peuls du Dallol Bosso. Coutumes et mode de vie. Sépia, Saint-Maur 1993, ISBN 2-907888-21-8.
• Puri fulbe. Maximes numériques peul. Albasa, Niamey 2003, ISBN 978-99919-0-047-6.
• Taariki Fulbe Dallol. Histoire des Peuls du Dallol. Albasa, Niamey 2003.
• Contes et légendes peuls du Dallol Bosso. Nouvelle Imprimerie du Niger, Niamey 2004.
• Jibie filaaji jalliniidi. Enigmes et récits amusants. Albasa, Niamey 2004.
• Durngol nder leydi dallol. Gashingo, Niamey 2007.
• La chefferie traditionnelle au Niger. Ministère de l’Éducation nationale, Niamey 2008, ISBN 978-99919-43-70-1.
• Koowgal wodaabe. Le mariage chez les Wodaabe. Albasa, Niamey 2008.
• Debbo pullo. La femme peul. Gashingo, Niamey 2009.
• La gouvernance locale au Niger. Mythes et réalités. Gashingo, Niamey 2009.
• Banndi fulbe. Proverbes et devinettes peuls. Gashingo, Niamey 2014.
• Le code moral peul. Gashingo, Niamey 2014, ISBN 978-2-919607-00-6.
• Les traces de ma mémoire. Souvenirs d’un instituteur nigérien. With a preface by Jean-Dominique Pénel. L’Harmattan, Paris 2014, ISBN 978-2-343-04199-5.
• Le bruissement des souvenirs. Récit d’un instituteur nigérien. With a preface by Jean-Dominique Pénel. L’Harmattan, Paris 2017, ISBN 978-2-343-10291-7.