hope of ending the Sand War, a frontier conflict between the two nations. Along with Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, Keïta was successful in negotiating the Bamako Accords, which brought an end to the conflict. As a result, he won the Lenin Peace Prize that year. From 1963 to 1966, he normalized relations with the countries of Senegal, Upper Volta and Côte d'Ivoire. An advocate of the Non-Aligned Movement, Modibo defended the nationalist movements like the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN). In literature Malian author Massa Makan Diabaté satirizes Keïta's presidency in his 1979 novel Le boucher de Kouta (The Butcher of Kouta), which features a socialist, dictatorial president named "Bagabaga Daba" (literally, "ant with a big mouth"), who is later removed by a military coup. References Further reading Portions of this article were translated from the French-language Wikipedia article :fr:Modibo Keïta. memorialmodibokeita.org: Biographie. "Modibo Keita." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2008. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 6 October 2008. The Big Read : Modibo Keïta: A devoted pan-africanist, The Daily Observer (Gambia), Friday, 4 September 2008. Francis G. Snyder. "The Political Thought of Modibo Keita". The Journal of Modern African Studies, Vol. 5, No. 1 (May 1967), pp. 79–106 John N. Hazard. "Mali's Socialism and the Soviet Legal Model". The Yale Law Journal, Vol. 77, No. 1 (November 1967), pp. 28–69 Modibo Keita (1915–1977), The Presidency of South Africa (2006). A N'fa Diallo, Mali, 48 ans après : Socialisme, dictature, révolte et révolution. Le National (Bamako), 16 September 2008. 22 septembre : Le souvenir d’un grand jour. Hady Barry, Nouvel Horizon (Bamako), 19 September 2008. Abdrahamane Dicko, "De l’Union française à l’indépendance : Que de chemins parcourus !". Les Echos (Bamako), 19 September 2008. Modibo Kéita: MALI. Francis Kpatindé, Jeune Afrique, 25 April 2000. Rosa De Jorio, "Narratives of the Nation and Democracy in Mali. A View from Modibo Keita’s Memorial", Cahiers d'études africaines, 172, 2003. page on the French National Assembly website External links modibokeita.free.fr: Site devoted to Modibo Keita : portrait, discussion, photos, and videos. Article du journal Le Flambeau Bamako, Mali.(Organe de la Jeunesse Union Africaine – Mali): Modibo Keita "Notre liberté serait un mot vide de sens si nous devions toujours dépendre financièrement de tel ou tel pays". 1915 births 1977 deaths People from Bamako People of French West Africa Modibo Malian Muslims Sudanese Union – African Democratic Rally politicians Presidents of Mali Prime Ministers of Mali Foreign Ministers of