Seid, Joseph Brahim
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Name (Latin)
Seid, Joseph Brahim
Date of birth
1927
Date of death
1980
Associated country
Chad
Occupation
Authors
Folklorists
Public officers
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Dictionary of African Biography, accessed March 24, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Seid, Joseph Brahim; folklorist, autobiographer/ memoirist, government official; born 1927 in Wadai, Abeche, Chad; attended classes at the local Catholic mission in the southern Chadian town of Sarh (Fort-Archambault), with a French priest (1938-1939); decided to switch from the Islamic faith of his family to Roman Catholicism; helped to establish the small Mutuelle Amicale Tchadienne political party (1945); this conservative group became the Union Démocratique Tchadienne (UDT) party; wrote collection of folktales, “Au Tchad sous les étoiles” (1962); published “Un enfant du Tchad”, an autobiographical account of his life (1967); served as minister of justice for president François Tombalbaye's increasingly brutal regime (1966-1975); died 1980 in Chad)
- Seid, Joseph Brahim. Told by starlight in Chad, 2007:eCIP t.p. (Joseph Brahim Seid) data view (b. N'Djamena, Chad, 1927; BA, law, Lyons, France)
- LC database, Jan. 30, 2007(hdg.: Seid, Joseph Brahim)
Wikipedia description:
Joseph Brahim Seid (1927 in N'Djamena – 1980) was a Chadian writer and politician. He served as Minister of Justice from 1966 to 1975. As a writer he is known for the works Au Tchad sous les étoiles ("In Chad under the stars", 1962) and Un enfant du Tchad ("A Child of Chad", 1967), based on his own life.
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