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18-474: The museum was established in Bamako in the year 1995 by feminist and historian Adame Ba Konaré . Adame is the first lady and spouse of President Alpha Oumar Konaré . The museum seeks to promote the cause of women and the defense of their rights. The museum seeks to promote and foster the skills of women in various walks of life while covering the traditional and contemporary aspects. The museum also aspires to be

36-634: A history of Africa, defending the African legacy and past civilizations. As an historian, Adam Ba Konare disagreed with Sarkozy's speech and invited African historians, intellectuals and all friends of Africa to join to write a rebuttal to Sarkozy's speech in order to denounce "the attacks on African memory". She is the mother of Kadiatou Konaré , a Malian minister of culture. Sunni Ali Ber Sunni Ali , also known as Si Ali , Sunni Ali Ber (Ber meaning "the Great"), reigned from about 1464 to 1492 as

54-406: A novel ( Quand l'ail se frotte a l'encens ), the plot of which focuses on the social gap in a fictional society similar to Mali's. For this book, her style has been compared to French authors Emile Zola and Victor Hugo 's works. Although officially retired, she is often invited to conferences on African History. In addition to her work in academia, Adam Ba Konare is also an outspoken feminist, and

72-590: A repressive policy against the scholars of Timbuktu who he saw as associated with the Tuareg . Sunni Ali organized a powerful fleet on the Niger river , and in 1473 used it to lay siege to Djenne , which surrendered only after being reduced to starvation. In order to bring his fleet to bear in an attempt to conquer Walata , he tried to dig a canal hundreds of kilometers to the town from Ras el Ma . In 1483 he had to abandon this project, however, to defeat an invasion by

90-601: A space that furthers the "memory" of women. At the entrance of the Museum, there is wall of portraits of women heroes from the March 1991 revolution . The revolution led to a transition government that eventually handed over to a democratically elected leader. The traditional costume gallery covers costumes of women from the Mali tribes. An ensemble of fifteen mannequins in the hall showcase fourteen traditional costumes of women from

108-611: Is a Malian historian and writer who is married to Alpha Oumar Konaré , former President of Mali . She is active in several causes for newborns and refugees. Adame Ba Konaré was born in Ségou on 1 May 1947 to Marmadou Ba who was a dentist and his wife Kadiatou Thiam. Her parents hailed from a Fula family. She attended the highest education facility, the École Normale Supérieure in Bamako , along with her future husband, Alpha Oumar Konaré. They married on 15 September 1971. Her new husband

126-607: The Mossi people . He also conquered the lands of the Sanhaja called Nunu. He conquered the lands of Kunta and was determined to seize the lands of Borgu but was unable to. In addition to external enemies, Sunni Ali fought campaigns against the Fulani of Massina and other nomadic peoples raiding within his borders. His main capital was Gao, but he was also based at Kukiya, Kabara, and Tindirma at different times depending on where he

144-624: The Regions of Mali with the fifteenth showcasing the outfit of a modern Mali woman. The mannequins were made by a North Korean company operating out of Bamako. Some of the costumes displayed are those of the Soninke , the Khassonké from Kayes , the Fulani from Mopti , the Bambara from Ségou and even traditional jewellery sourced from a hundred year old Senufo lady. An exhibit covering

162-659: The 15th ruler of the Sunni dynasty of the Songhai Empire . He transformed the relatively small state into an empire by conquering Timbuktu , Massina , the Inner Niger Delta , and Djenne . Sunni Ali was born the son of Sonni Muhammad Da'o, who appears in the kinglists of the Tarikh al-Sudan and Tarikh al-Fattash as the 10th Sonni ruler. His mother was from Fara, an area that was still heavily pagan, and Ali

180-583: The Askias who had overthrown the Sunni dynasty. His death, on November 6, 1492, is a matter of conjecture. According to the Tarikh al-Sudan , Ali drowned while crossing the Niger River. Oral tradition believes he was killed by his sister's son, Askia Muhammad Ture . Sonni Ali's son, Sunni Baru , was immediately proclaimed king of Songhay by the army commanders, but he was challenged by Askia because Baru

198-542: The democratic cause under the presidency of Moussa Traore who ruled Mali's single party state until 1991. During that time they created a publishing house Jamana and a daily newspaper Les Echos and a political party called ADEMA-PAS. In 1991 president Moussa Traoré was deposed and in the following elections her husband was elected as the first democratically elected president since Mali's independence. Konaré has written various types of books, from biographies (about Sunni Ali Ber ) to philosophy ( L'Os de la parole ) and even

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216-608: The founder of one of the few women's museums in Africa . The museum was started in 1987 following the publication of Konaré's book The Dictionary of Famous Women of Mali . The museum, Muso Kunda , is funded by Konaré. More recently, she has been involved in a project to promote African History, and people are enormously donating to the project following the French president Nicolas Sarkozy 's speech in Dakar . The movement aims to write

234-491: The role of Malian women in various walks of life, politics, development, national movements and nation building. The exhibit showcases the contribution of Malian women and seeks to correct the prevailing stereotypes about women. Some of the women showcased are Fanta Damba (singer, griot ), Aoua Kéita (first woman in the upper rung of the US-RDA party and Fanta Diallo (Member, social commission for women). A gallery showcases

252-538: The themes of women's rights. The movies displayed here are those of three young film makers. The movies showcased were selected by a competition. Faro is the cultural journal and publication of the Muso Kunda Museum. The journal is named after Faro, a goddess of the Niger river . The museum has the following other facilities: Adame Ba Konar%C3%A9 Adame Ba Konaré (born 1 May 1947 in Segu , Mali )

270-503: The tools used by women at home for various functions. It showcases how these tools have evolved since the past by the adoption of technology in recent times. This "then" and "now" demonstrates how the context has changed for women in daily life and also how women have been active in adopting in newer technologies. Some of the objects showcased include cooking tools, grinding tools, fishing tools and tools for collection, storage and selling milk. An audio visual gallery showcases movies covering

288-432: Was campaigning. Sunni Ali ruled over both urban Muslims and rural non-Muslims at a time when the traditional co-existence of different beliefs was being challenged. His adherence to African animism while also professing Islam leads some writers to describe him as outwardly or nominally Muslim. Funeal stelae from Kukiya, however, cast some doubt on the chroniclers criticism of Sunni Ali, as they were writing on behalf of

306-462: Was employed as a high school teacher but he was to be sent to the University of Warsaw to undertake doctoral research. They both obtained a PhD in history in 1976. She returned to Mali and became a history professor at her alma mater in Bamako. Konaré and her husband worked together on several projects. They published a book together in 1983 called Grande Dates Du Mali and they both worked for

324-667: Was raised in this milieu. As a Sonni, he also received an Islamic education, but practiced a syncretic, unorthodox faith. Upon Sunni Ali's accession, the Songhay already controlled the Niger river basin from Dendi to Mema . His first major conquest was the ancient city of Timbuktu . Controlled by the Tuaregs since the Malian retreat a few decades earlier, in 1469 the Timbuktu-koi 'Umar asked for Songhai protection. He conducted

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