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Cissé Clan
Cissé is a common West African name of Soninke origin.Cahiers d'études africaines 2006 "Le nom Cissé au Mali fait partie des noms de famille maraboutiques, tout comme Touré que l'on retrouve en milieu peul, soninké, songhai et malinké." ("The name Cissé in Mali is one of a number of family names of marabout lineage, just as one finds Touré among the Fulani, Soninke, Songhai, and Mandinka.") Notable people with the surname include: Sports * Abdoulaye Cissé (b. 1983), Burkinabé footballer * Aboubacar Cissé (b. 1969), Ivorian footballer * Aliou Cissé (b. 1976), Senegalese footballer and coach * Amadou Cissé (b. 1985), French-Guinean footballer * Babacar Cissé (b. 1975), Senegalese basketball player * Brahima Cissé (b. 1976), Burkinabé footballer * Djibril Cissé (b. 1981), French footballer * Édouard Cissé (b. 1978), French footballer * Fousseyni Cissé (b. 1989), French footballer * Ibrahima Cissé (b. 1994), Belgian-Guinean footballer * Kalifa Cissé (b. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Africa
West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo, as well as Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha ( United Kingdom Overseas Territory).Paul R. Masson, Catherine Anne Pattillo, "Monetary union in West Africa (ECOWAS): is it desirable and how could it be achieved?" (Introduction). International Monetary Fund, 2001. The population of West Africa is estimated at about million people as of , and at 381,981,000 as of 2017, of which 189,672,000 are female and 192,309,000 male. The region is demographically and economically one of the fastest growing on the African continent. Early history in West Africa included a number of prominent regional powers that dominated different parts of both the coastal and internal trade netwo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ousmane Cissé
Ousmane Cisse (born October 20, 1982) is a Malian retired professional basketball player. Standing at 6' 9" he played both power forward and center positions. In 2005-06 he was the top rebounder in the Israel Basketball Premier League, as well as the Israeli Basketball Premier League Defensive Player of the Year. High school He moved to the United States from Mali in 1998, and studied at Montgomery Catholic High School in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S., where he and his teammates won the 2A State Championship. In his first appearance as a Catholic Knight, he broke the Alabama High School Athletic Association's record for blocked shots in the first half against Horseshoe Bend. In his sophomore season in high school he posted averages of 20 points, 15 rebounds and 9 blocks per game. He later attended St. Jude Catholic High School in Montgomery, where he transferred to in 1999, and he sat out the 1999–2000 basketball season. In his last year of high school basketball he averaged 29 poin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceesay
Ceesay is a common Gambian surname of Mandinka origin. As well as the family name Touray, it originally indicated the descent of its bearer from a Marabout, a West African Muslim teacher. Notable people with the name ''Ceesay'' include: * Ali Ceesay (born 1992), Gambian footballer * Assan Ceesay (born 1994), Gambian footballer *Babou Ceesay (born 1979), English actor *Hassoum Ceesay (born 1971), Gambian historian *Jatto Ceesay Jatto Ceesay (born 16 November 1974) is a The Gambia, Gambian former professional association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. Career Born in Banjul, Ceesay started to play football as a small boy wit ... (born 1974), former Gambian footballer * Kebba Ceesay (born 1987), Gambian footballer * Madi Ceesay (born 19??), Gambian journalist * Momodou Ceesay (born 1988), Gambian footballer * Momodou Ceesay (artist) (born 1945), Gambian artist and writer * Saffie Lowe Ceesay (born 19??), Gambian politician and civil se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cisse (other)
Cisse may refer to: * Cisse (river), a river flowing into the Loire at Vouvray, France * Cisse, Poland, a Polish village * Cisse Cameron, American actress (''Space Mutiny'') * ''Cisse'', a snout moth genus nowadays considered a junior synonym of '' Herculia'' Cissé may refer to * Cissé, Vienne Cissé () is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. Population See also *Communes of the Vienne department The following is a list of the 266 communes of the Vienne department of France ..., a French ''commune'' * Cissé (surname) {{dab, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soumaïla Cissé
Soumaïla Cissé (20 December 1949 – 25 December 2020) was a Malian politician who served in the government of Mali as Minister of Finance from 1993 to 2000. He thrice stood unsuccessfully as a presidential candidate, in 2002, 2013 and 2018; on all three occasions he was defeated in a second round of voting. Since 2014 he was President of the Union for the Republic and Democracy, a political party. Life and career Born in Nianfuke, near Timbuktu, on 20 December 1949, Soumaïla Cissé studied at '' l'Institut des Sciences de l'Ingénieur de Montpellier'' in France to become a software engineer. He worked for several large French companies ( IBM-France, le Groupe Pechiney, le Groupe Thomson and the aerospace company Air Inter) before returning to Mali in 1984 to work at the '' Compagnie malienne pour le développement du textile'' (CMDT). Following the creation of the Alliance for Democracy in Mali (''Alliance pour la démocratie au Mali - Parti africain pour la solidarité et l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Souleymane Cissé (film Director)
Souleymane Cissé (born April 21, 1940) is a Malian film director, regarded as one of the first generation of African filmmakers. He has been called "Africa's greatest living filmmaker" while his film ''Yeelen'' has been called "conceivably the greatest African film ever made." Biography Born in Bamako and raised in a Muslim family, Souleymane Cissé was a passionate cinephile from childhood. He attended secondary school in Dakar and returned to Mali in 1960 after national independence. His film career began as an assistant projectionist for a documentary on the arrest of Patrice Lumumba. This triggered his desire to create films of his own, and he obtained a scholarship at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, the Moscow school of Cinema and Television. In 1970 he returned to Mali, and joined the Ministry of Information as a cameraman, where he produced documentaries and short films. Two years later, he produced his first medium-length film, ''Cinq jours d’une vie'' (''Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaykh Hassan Cissé
Sheikh (pronounced or ; ar, شيخ ' , mostly pronounced , plural ' )—also transliterated sheekh, sheyikh, shaykh, shayk, shekh, shaik and Shaikh, shak—is an honorific title in the Arabic language. It commonly designates a chief of a tribe or a royal family member in Arabian countries, in some countries it is also given to those of great knowledge in religious affairs as a surname by a prestige religious leader from a chain of Sufi scholars. It is also commonly used to refer to a Muslim religious scholar. It is also used as an honorary title by people claiming to be descended from Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali both patrilineal and matrilineal who are grandsons of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The term is literally translated to " Elder" (is also translated to "Lord/Master" in a monarchical context). The word 'sheikh' is mentioned in the 23rd verse of Surah Al-Qasas in the Quran. Etymology and meaning The word in Arabic stems from a triliteral root connected wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madjiguène Cissé
Madjiguène Cissé (26 September 1951 – 15 May 2023) was a Senegalese activist who was the spokeswoman of the undocumented immigrants movement and founder of the Women's Network for Sustainable Development in Africa. Biography Cissé was born in Dakar. Her parents were illiterate when they moved from the countryside to Dakar. Her ambitious and progressive father learned to read and got his driving license. At his request, Cissé started attending school in 1958. In 1968, she took part in demonstrations. After she obtained the '' Baccalauréat'', she started her German studies. In 1974, she was granted a two-year scholarship to study in Saarbrücken, Germany. Cissé subsequently went back to Dakar and worked as a German teacher in a high school. In 1993, as a mother of three, she stayed in Paris for her daughter's studies. Although she had a legal residence permit, she discovered and joined the undocumented workers movement in March 1996 and became one of its spokespeople. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inna Sissoko Cissé
Moussoumakan "Inna" Sissoko Cissé, (née Sissoko, December 11, 1933 in Macina, Mali), is a Malian politician, nurse, and social worker who served as Secretary of State for Social Affairs (''secrétaire d’Etat aux Affaires sociales'') from 1968 to 1972. She was the first woman to be a member of Mali's government. Biography Inna Sissoko was born into a family of teachers. She went to school in Ségou and Bamako. En 1953, she began working as an assistant teacher. She then studied nursing from 1957 to 1959 in Dakar. In 1959, she moved to Paris and worked as a social worker until 1962, then became a teacher of social work. She attended the University of Paris and graduated in 1967 with a degree in social sciences. Although Sissoko did not belong to the governing party, Sudanese Union – African Democratic Rally, she was selected as Secretary of State for Social Affairs after the 1968 Malian coup d'état, making her Mali's first female member of government. She held this positi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boubou Cissé
Boubou Cissé (born 1974) is a Malian politician who was the Prime Minister of Mali from April 2019 to his resignation following the 2020 Malian coup d'état in August 2020. He was also the Minister of Economy and Finance and Minister of Mines and Industry. Early life Boubou Cissé a Fulani tribe earned a master's degree from the University of Auvergne and a PhD in economics from Aix-Marseille University. Career Cissé began his career as an economist for the World Bank in Washington, D.C., US in 2005. In 2008, he was promoted to Senior Economist of its Human Development Division. He later worked in Nigeria and Niger as a resident representative for the World Bank. Cissé was appointed the Malian Prime Minister in 2019 after the resignation of Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga and his government. He was Minister of Industry and Mines in 2013, the Minister of Mines in April 2014, and the Minister of Economy and Finance since 2016. On 18 August 2020, Cissé along with the President I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amadou Cissé
Amadou Boubacar Cissé (born 1948 , ''Afrique Express'', December 21, 1996 .) is a ien politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Niger on two occasions, from 8 to 21 February 1995 and again from 21 December 1996 to 27 November 1997. He has led a political party, the Union for Democracy and the Republic (UDR-Tabbat), since 1999, and he was appointed as Minister of State for Planning in 2011. Political career Cissé, a member of the |
Abdoulkader Cissé
Abdoulaye Abdoulkader Cissé (born 5 August 1955) is a Burkinabé politician who served in the government of Burkina Faso as Minister of Mines, Quarries, and Energy from 2000 to 2011.Page at petiteacademie.gov.bf .. Life and career Cissé was born in Dori, located in , and he studied in , then in the |
