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Amadu
Amadu is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name: * John Amadu Bangura (1920–1970), the acting Governor-General of Sierra Leone from 18 April to 22 April 1968 *Alfred Amadu Conteh, African American sculptor, painter and mixed-media artist *Amadu Diallo, 23-year-old US immigrant from Guinea shot and killed by four plain-clothed police officers *Amadu Jalloh, politician in Sierra Leone *Yulisa Pat Amadu Maddy (born 1936), Sierra Leonean actor, dancer, director and playwright *Tejan Amadu Mansaray, Sierra Leonean politician *Amadu II of Masina (1845–1853), ruler of the nineteenth-century Massina Empire in what is now Mali *Amadu III of Masina (1830–1862), the last ruler of the Fula Massina Empire in what is now the Mopti Region of Mali * Amadu Sulley, Ghanaian public official *Amadu Turé (born 1993), Guinea-Bissauan footballer *Amadu Wurie (1898–1977), early Sierra Leonean educationist and politician *Moses Amadu Yahaya, Ghanaian building tech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amadu II Of Masina
Amadu II of Massina (أحمد بن أحمد حمادي; ff, Amadu Amadu Hammadi; c. 1815 – February 1853), also called Amadu Seku, was the second Almami, or ruler, of the theocratic Caliphate of Hamdullahi or Diina of Hamdullahi in what is now Mali. He held this position from 1845 until his death in 1853. His rule was a short period of relative peace and prosperity between the violent reigns of his father and his son. Background Masina is the Inner Niger Delta, a large area where the Niger River divides into separate channels that overflow and flood the land annually. Some time between 1810 and 1818 Seku Amadu Lobbo of the Bari family launched a ''jihad'' against the Fulbe chiefs in Masina, tributaries of the pagan Bambara of Segu, whom he accused of idolatry. The goals of the ''jihad'' soon expanded to that of conquest of the Bambara and others in the region. Seku Amadu established a large empire based on Hamdallahi, which he had founded as the capital. The empire stre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amadu's Jihad
Sheikhu Ahmadu ( ar-at, شيخ أحمد بن محمّد لبّو, Shaykh Aḥmadu bin Muḥammadu Lobbo; ff, Seeku Aamadu ; ) (c. 1776 – 20 April 1845) was the Fulbe founder of the Massina Empire (Diina of Hamdullahi) in the Inner Niger Delta, now the Mopti Region of Mali. He ruled as ''Almami'' from 1818 until his death in 1845, also taking the title ''Cisse al-Masini''. Early years Aḥmad bin Muḥammad Būbū bin Abī Bakr bin Sa'id al-Fullānī ( ff, Aamadu Hammadi Buubu) was born around 1776 and was raised by Hamman Lobbo, his father's younger brother. Amadu was a pupil of the Qadiriyya Sufi teacher Sidi Mukhtar al-Kunti. In the Inner Niger Delta region, alliances of Fulbe traders ruled the towns like Djenné, but non-Moslem Bambara people controlled the river. The Fulbe ''ardo'en'' were tributary to the Bambara of Ségou, and practiced a form of Islam that was far from pure. Seku Amadu may have served in the Sokoto ''jihad'' before returning to the Massina regi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seku Amadu
Sheikhu Ahmadu ( ar-at, شيخ أحمد بن محمّد لبّو, Shaykh Aḥmadu bin Muḥammadu Lobbo; ff, Seeku Aamadu ; ) (c. 1776 – 20 April 1845) was the Fulbe founder of the Massina Empire (Diina of Hamdullahi) in the Inner Niger Delta, now the Mopti Region of Mali. He ruled as ''Almami'' from 1818 until his death in 1845, also taking the title ''Cisse al-Masini''. Early years Aḥmad bin Muḥammad Būbū bin Abī Bakr bin Sa'id al-Fullānī ( ff, Aamadu Hammadi Buubu) was born around 1776 and was raised by Hamman Lobbo, his father's younger brother. Amadu was a pupil of the Qadiriyya Sufi teacher Sidi Mukhtar al-Kunti. In the Inner Niger Delta region, alliances of Fulbe traders ruled the towns like Djenné, but non-Moslem Bambara people controlled the river. The Fulbe ''ardo'en'' were tributary to the Bambara of Ségou, and practiced a form of Islam that was far from pure. Seku Amadu may have served in the Sokoto ''jihad'' before returning to the Massina reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amadu III Of Masina
Amadu III of Masina ( ar, أحمد بن أحمد بن أحمد لبّو, ff, italic=yes, Āmadu mo Āmadu mo Āmadu Lobbo), also known as Amadu Amadu (1830 - 16 May 1862) was the third and last ruler of the theocratic Caliphate of Hamdullahi (Diina of Hamdullahi) in the Inner Niger Delta, now the Mopti Region of Mali. He was elected as successor to his father, Amadu II of Masina, in 1853. Throughout most of his rule he was involved in conflict with the jihadist al-Hajj 'Umar Tall, who defeated and executed him on 16 May 1862. Background Amadu III was the grandson of the founder of the Diina of Hamdullahi, Seku Amadu. Some time between 1810 and 1818 Seku Amadu (Aḥmad bin Muḥammad bin Abi Bakr Lobbo) launched a ''jihad'' against the Fulbe chiefs in Masina, tributaries of the pagan Bambara of Segu, whom he accused of idolatry. The goals of the ''jihad'' soon expanded to that of conquest of the Bambara and others in the region. Aḥmad bin Muḥammad established a large e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amadu Sulley
Amadu Sulley is a Ghanaian public servant who is a former Deputy Chairperson of Electoral Commission of Ghana. Career He was appointed as deputy chairperson of the Ghanaian Electoral Commission in 2012 by then president, John Evans Atta-Mills John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills (21 July 1944 – 24 July 2012) was a Ghanaian politician and legal scholar who served as President of Ghana from 2009 until his death in 2012. He was inaugurated on 7 January 2009, having defeated the governing party .... He had previously served as the Director of Research Monitoring and Evaluation at the same Commission until his promotion to the rank as Deputy chairperson. Sulley's appointment to the rank of a deputy chairperson was the first time a career electoral personnel had been appointed to that high rank. He served as the deputy chairperson in charge of operations at the Electoral Commission of Ghana until his dismissal in June 2018 for allegedly illegally transferring votes during the 2016 Ghanaian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Amadu Conteh
Alfred Amadu Conteh is an American sculptor, painter and mixed-media artist. Biography Alfred Amadu Conteh was born in 1975 in Fort Valley, Georgia. He attended Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts, BFA. He received his Master of Fine Arts, MFA from Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. His mother is African American and his father is from Sierra Leone, West Africa. Many of his works examine his personal identity through his parents' experiences and cultural differences. Along with paintings, Conteh creates organic contemporary sculpture that uses symbology to express his narratives of the African American southern experience." Conteh uses a variety of media as a vehicle to provoke thought that will result in change." Career Alfred Amadu Conteh began exhibiting in 2003 and since then he has participated in over 12 solo exhibitions and many group exhibitions. Conteh's work has caused controversi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yulisa Pat Amadu Maddy
Yulisa Amadu Pat Maddy (27 December 1936 – 16 March 2014)"Freetown: Pat Yulisa Amadu Maddy Passes On" ''The Patriotic Vanguard'', 21 March 2014. was a writer, poet, actor, dancer, director and playwright. Known by his friends and colleagues as Pat Maddy or simply Prof, he had an "immense impact" on theatre in , and |
John Amadu Bangura
Brigadier John Amadu Bangura, CBE (8 March 1930 – 29 March 1970) was a Sierra Leonean who served as Chief of the Defence Staff of the Sierra Leone Armed Forces from 1968 to 1970. Prior to this in 1967, he served as the Sierra Leonean Ambassador of to the United States. He was the acting Governor-General of Sierra Leone from 18 April 1968 until 22 April 1968. He led the Sergeants' Coup in 1968 that successfully re-instated civilian rule in Sierra Leone. Early life Bangura was born on 8 March 1930 at Kalangba, Karene Chiefdom, Bombali District, British Sierra Leone. He was educated at Binkolo and Rogbaneh American Wesleyan Mission Schools, and Koyeima and Bo Government Secondary Schools. He left school in 1949 and joined the army in 1950. While in the other ranks he served and attended courses in both Ghana and Nigeria. In one such course, the Platoon Commanders' course in Burma Camp, Teshie, Ghana, he graduated first in a group of sixteen warrant officers and senior n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amadu Yusufu
Amadu Yusufu (born 5 July 1958) is a Malawian former cyclist. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October .... References External links * 1958 births Living people Malawian male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Malawi Cyclists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) {{Malawi-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamood Amadu
Mamood Amadu (born 17 November 1972) is a football player from Ghana, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ..., Spain. He played as a striker. References External links * * * 1972 births Living people Ghanaian men's footballers Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Ghana Olympic bronze medalists for Ghana Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Men's association football forwards {{Ghana-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latif Amadu
Abdul Latif Amadu (born 20 August 1993) is a Ghanaian professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ... plays as a forward. References External links * Profile at Dinamo Brest website 1993 births Living people Ghanaian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Berekum Chelsea F.C. players Asante Kotoko S.C. players FC Dynamo Brest players KF Teuta Durrës players F.C. Kafr Qasim players Al-Ansar FC (Medina) players KF Llapi players Pietà Hotspurs F.C. players Liga Leumit players Saudi First Division League players Saudi Second Division players Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus Expatriate men's footballers in Albania Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amadu Wurie
Amadu Wurie (August 27 1898 – 13 June 1977) was an early Sierra Leonean educationist and politician. Biography Wurie was born in Gbinti, Port Loko District, in the Northern Province of British Sierra Leone, the son of a Fula paramount chief. He was educated at the Bo School in Bo, one of the first set of pupils (Admission Number 55) when the school opened in 1906. In 1916, he was in the first class of Sierra Leoneans that passed the British civil service exam and was appointed the assistant headmaster of the Bo School that year. By 1935, Wurie rose to the position of Senior assistant headmaster which allowed him to be the first African to serve even temporarily as the Headmaster. From 1935 to 1955, Wurie served in various locations across the colony, primarily as headmaster and inspector of schools. Upon national independence in 1961, Wurie was elected as an MP under the banner of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP), a party he helped found. He was first appointed Mini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
