Any Republic of Niger authors in English (not Nigeria)

Folks,
I am looking for authors from The Republic of Niger, not Nigeria. These would be Nigerien (with an 'e') authors. So far in my research, I can only find a dozen or so writers, all of whom are published in French. Does anyone know if I am missing someone here?

I've searched too and all I can come up with is The Enchanted Savannah that was edited by Boubou Hama - it's a collection of folktales, I think. I guess when I get to Niger, I'll have to take up French again... :)

I, too, have had issues with this (I visited Niger a few years ago and have been trying to find a book from each of the countries I've been to!).

I ended up reading a book in French, Sarraounia, which I thought was an interesting read: my review is here.

However, depressaholic did let me know recently that he had found a Nigerien poetry collection *in English* in Hay-on-Wye recently.... so it appears there are potentially publications out there!

I'm glad to be affirmed on my struggles. My French is way too rusty for me to ever shine it up again. I'll check out the depressaholic lead and the Boubou Hama.

As LizT said, I found a book of poetry called 'In-Sign-E' by Oumarou Watta, a Nigerien, which was written in English. Nothing by way of prose though. I think a few people have looked at various times in the past, so it remains one of those difficult places for English readers, for the time being.

Not a native, but sometimes-resident: Paul Stoller: In Sorcery's Shadow: A Memoir of Apprenticeship among the Songhay of Niger

A tough nut, this one. However, persistence has uncovered a couple of items that may be of interest.

1. Recreating Words, Reshaping Worlds: The Verbal Art of Women from Niger, Mali, and Senegal
by Aissata Sidikou - from the little I have been able to find out about this, I suspect that it is a monograph, not a sampler, but it's an outside possibility.

More likely, however, is this:

2. Zarma Folktales of Niger (ed. Amanda Cushman) = a collection of fourteen folktales.

Finding fiction in English appears to be a non-starter (still, seven years after this thread started, sadly).

I read Harmattan by Gavin Weston recently, but it's a story set in Niger rather than by a native author

Let me add one more title to my previous post: The Epic of Askia Mohammed, a recounting of a famous leader of the Songhay Empire (Mali/Niger) in the late 15th century. This version is a translation of a griot's version of the story which the translator then edited to reorganize and reconstruct to make it more...palatable and logical...to the Western ear.