Square Amadou-Hampaté Bâ

You are standing at the Square Amadou-Hampaté Bâ, a quiet pocket park created in 1986. This space is named in honor of Amadou-Hampaté Bâ, a Malian writer, historian, and ethnologist who dedicated his life to recording the oral traditions of African cultures. He famously warned that every time an old person dies in Africa, a library burns down, a sentiment that drove his tireless work as a bridge between African oral heritage and the written word.