Boubacar Boris Diop

Boubacar Boris Diop (born 26 October 1946) is a Senegalese novelist, journalist and screenwriter. His best known work, Murambi, le livre des ossements, is the fictional account of a notorious massacre during the Rwandan genocide of 1994. He is also the founder of Sol, an independent newspaper in Senegal, and the author of many books, political works, plays and screenplays. Doomi Golo (2003), written in Wolof and rewritten by the author in French, deals with the life and legacy of a Senegalese Wolof family. The book was published by Papyrus Afrique, Dakar.