Bakary DIALLO (1892-1978) Fulani shepherd, Senegalese riflem - Lot 194

Bakary DIALLO (1892-1978) Fulani shepherd, Senegalese rifleman and writer. 2 L.A.S., Paris August 17 and 26, 1926, to Edmond Cousturier; 4 pages in-8, 2 envelopes. Very rare letters. He sends his book Force Bonté and expresses his gratitude to Cousturier and his wife Lucie, a painter and anti-colonialist activist (died June 1925). "I am not unaware that I owe the production of my book to the efforts of Madame Lucie Cousturier, nor am I unaware that she has never been dissuaded by you in my regard, or in the regard of all black people. -He regrets not being able to visit him in Fréjus before his departure for Senegal, and intends to write a book to honor the memory of Lucie Cousturier.