Karifala Bérété

>Karifala was a contemporary to the [founder of N'Ko](https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL5017146A/%DF%9B%DF%8E%DF%AC%DF%9F%DF%8B%DF%AC%DF%A1%DF%8A%DF%AC%DF%A3%DF%8A%DF%AC_%DF%9E%DF%8A%DF%B2%DF%95%DF%8D%DF%AB). He was born in 1932 at Bate Nafadji, some 35 km. north of Kankan in Guinea. His family was of modest means; like all members of his clan, he attended Koranic school in his own village of Nafadji, first under Karamo Daye and then later under the learned Elhadj Sanassa Madi Kaba, before moving to Kankan, the metropolis of the Guinean savanna. In 1956 he left Guinea to pursue his study …