Boubacar Hama Beidi

Boubacar Hama Beïdi belongs to the Fula ethnic group.^[1] 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.^[2]

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.^[3]

• —— (1991). La sagesse pratique. Proverbes en fulfulde transcrits, traduits, et expliqués (in French). Niamey: Publi Service. OCLC 27896226.
• —— (1993). Les Peuls du Dallol Bosso: coutumes et mode de vie (in French). Saint-Maur: Sépia. ISBN 978-2-907888-21-9. OCLC 33444672.
• —— (2003). Puri fulbe: maximes numériques peul. Niamey: Edition Albasa. ISBN 978-99919-0-047-6. OCLC 422489144.
• —— (2003). Taariki Fulb̳e Dallol. Collection Albasa. Niamey: Edition Albasa. ISBN 978-99919-0-049-0. OCLC 58918551.
• —— (2004). Contes et légendes peuls du Dallol Bosso (in French). Niamey: Nouvelle Imprimerie du Niger. OCLC 85765804.
• —— (2004). Jibi e fillaaji jalliniidi. Traditions et sagesses du Sahel. Niamey: Edition Albasa. ISBN 978-99919-43-60-2. OCLC 220738891.
• —— (2007). Durngol nder leydi dallol. Niamey: Gashingo. OCLC 954431667.
• —— (2008). La chefferie traditionnelle au Niger. Niamey: Ministère de l'education nationale. ISBN 978-99919-43-70-1. OCLC 654141510.
• —— (2008). Koowgal wodaabe. Le mariage chez les Wodaabe. Niamey: Albasa.
• —— (2009). Debbo pullo. Niamey: Gashingo. ISBN 9789991943695.
• —— (2009). La gouvernance locale au Niger : mythes et réalités. Niamey: Gashingo. OCLC 960973683.
• —— (2014). Banndi fulb̳e: Proverbes et devinettes peuls. Niamey: Gashingo. ISBN 9782919607167.
• —— (2014). Pulaaku. Collection Sagesse d'Afrique. Niamey: Editions Gashingo. ISBN 978-99919-49-51-2. OCLC 958938038.
• —— (2014). Les traces de ma mémoire: Souvenirs d'un instituteur nigérien. Preface by Jean-Dominique Pénel. Paris: L’Harmattan. ISBN 978-2-343-04199-5.
• —— (2017). Le bruissement des souvenirs. Récit d'un instituteur nigérien. Preface by Jean-Dominique Pénel. Paris: L’Harmattan. ISBN 978-2-343-10291-7.