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Aminata
Aminata is a West African given name; it may refer to: * Aminata Diaw (1959–2017), Senegalese academic and political philosopher * Aminata Maïga Ka (born 1940), Senegalese writer * Aminata Mbengue Ndiaye, member of the Pan-African Parliament * Aminata Savadogo (born 1993), Latvian singer * Aminata Sow Fall (born 1941), Senegalese-born author * Aminata Traoré (born 1942), Malian author, politician, and political activist * Sidibé Aminata Diallo, Malian academic and politician {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aminata Savadogo
Aminata Savadogo (born 9 January 1993), occasionally known as simply Aminata, is a Latvian singer, songwriter, record producer, and model. She represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Love Injected". She released her debut studio album, ''Inner Voice'', in April 2015. Life and career 1993–2014: Early life and career Savadogo was born in Riga on 9 January 1993 to a mother of Latvian and Russian descent, and a Burkinabé father. She considers herself primarily Latvian. She started singing at the age of 13 with private tutor Nadežda Buharova, graduated from the Bolderāja Music and Art School in Riga and secondary school with specialisation in flute. At age 15, she took part in the Latvian television show ''Krodziņā pie Paula'' and then also competed in ''Muzikālā banka'' at age 17. She also took part in ''Koru kari 3'', the Latvian version of ''Clash of the Choirs'' as a part of the Golden Choir. Savadogo achieved international attention whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aminata Diaw
Aminata Diaw Cissé (24 May 1959 – 14 April 2017) was a Senegalese lecturer and political philosopher who taught at the Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD). Influenced by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and her academia background, she wrote about citizenship, civil society, democracy, development, ethnicity, gender, globalisation, human rights, identity, nationality and the state in an African and Senegalese context by using a political insight. Diaw worked for the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Bellagio Study and Conference Center of the Rockfeller Foundation, National UNESCO Sub-Commission on Social Sciences and Humanities, West African Research Association, the National UNESCO Sub-Commission on Social Sciences and Humanities and the Philosophical and Epistemological Research Center of the Doctoral School Studies. Biography Diaw was born on 24 May 1959 in Saint-Louis, Senegal, the former capital of the country, and attended the local Lyceé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aminata Sow Fall
Aminata Sow Fall (born 27 April 1941) is a Senegalese-born author. While her native language is Wolof, her books are written in French. She is considered "the first published woman novelist from francophone Black Africa". Margaret Busby, '' Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent'' (1992), London: Vintage, 1993, p. 525. Life She was born in Saint-Louis, Senegal, where she grew up before moving to Dakar to finish her secondary schooling. After this, she did a degree in Modern Languages in France and became a teacher upon returning to Senegal."Aminata Sow Fall" The University of Western Australia/French, 25 December 1995. She was a member of the Commission for Educational Reform responsible for the introduction of African literature into the French syllabus in Senegal, before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aminata Traoré
Aminata Dramane Traoré (born 1947) is a Malian author, politician, and political activist. She served as the Minister of Culture and Tourism of Mali from 1997 to 2000 and also worked as coordinator of the United Nations Development Programme. She is the current Coordinator of ''Forum pour l'autre Mali'' and Associate Coordinator of the International Network for Cultural Diversity and was elected to the board of the International Press Service in July 2005. She is a member of the scientific committee of the ''Fundacion IDEAS'', Spain's Socialist Party's think tank. Views Traoré is a prominent critic of globalization and the economic policies of the most developed nations. Specifically, she has voiced opposition to the Western countries' subsidization of their own cotton farmers, which leaves West African countries at a disadvantage in competing for space in Western markets. Traoré is one of the signatories, or members of the ''Group of Nineteen'', of the Porto Alegre Manif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aminata Mbengue Ndiaye
Aminata Mbengue Ndiaye is a Senegalese politician. In 2012, she was appointed Minister of Livestock and Animal Production in the government of Prime Minister Abdou Mbaye and from 2014 under the government of Prime Minister Mahammad Boun Abdallah Dionne until 5 April 2019, when she was named Minister of Fishery and Maritime Economy Ministre des Pêches et de l’Economie maritime. She also serves as mayor of Louga, and is currently chair of the women's movement of the Socialist Party of Senegal. Previously, Ndiaye served as Minister of Women, Children and the Family, as well as Minister of Social Development and National Solidarity under the presidency of Abdou Diouf. Ndiaye is a member of the Pan-African Parliament. Biography Born to El Hadj Ali Mbengue, a civil servant, in Louga, Senegal. Attended Lycée Ahmed Fall in Saint-Louis and later Lycée Kennedy before École normale d'enseignement technique and École national d’économie appliqué (ENEA). Member of the Senegalese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aminata Maïga Ka
Kehsna (1940 – November 2005) was a Senegalese writer. She studied in several different nations, including the United States and France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ..., before becoming a writer in the 1980s. Her first work was ''La Voie du Salut'' and later works include ''En votre nom et au mien.'' Her writings discuss the lives and victimization of African women. Sources * 1940 births 2005 deaths Senegalese writers Senegalese women writers International Writing Program alumni Senegalese expatriates in France Senegalese expatriates in the United States Zarma-Songhai people {{Senegal-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
