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Mariama Ba
Mariama is a female name. It may refer to: *Mariama Bâ (1929–1981), Senegalese author and feminist * Mariama Barry, Senegalese novelist * Mariama Sonah Bah (born 1978), Guinean judoka *Mariama Souley Bana (born 1987), Nigerien swimmer * Mariama Dalanda Barry (born 1991), Guinean taekwondo practitioner *Mariama Gamatié Bayard (born 1958), Nigerien politician and women's rights activist * Mariama Colley, Gambian radio personality, human rights activist and actress *Mariama Kesso Diallo, Guinean writer living in Switzerland *Mariama Goodman, English dancer and singer who has been a member of the bands Solid HarmoniE and the Honeyz. * Mariama Hima (born 1951), Nigerien film director, ethnologist and politician * Mariama Mamoudou Ittatou (born 1997), Nigerien sprinter * Mariama Jalloh, Mariama Jalloh (born 1986), Sierra Leonean singer–songwriter established in France *Mariama Jamanka (born 1990), German bobsledder *Mariama Keïta (1946-2018), Niger's first woman journalist and f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariama Bâ
Mariama Bâ (April 17, 1929 – August 17, 1981) was a Senegalese author and feminist, whose two French-language novels were both translated into more than a dozen languages. Born in Dakar, she was raised a Muslim. Her frustration with the fate of African women is expressed in her first novel, ''Une si longue lettre'' (1979; translated into English as ''So Long a Letter''). In this semi-autobiographical epistolary work, Bâ depicts the sorrow and resignation of a woman who must share the mourning for her late husband with his second, younger wife. This short book was awarded the first Noma Award for Publishing in Africa in 1980. Biography Bâ was born in Dakar, Senegal, in 1929, into an educated and well-to-do Senegalese family of Lebu ethnicity. Her father was a career civil servant who became one of the first ministers of state. He was the Minister of Health in 1956 while her grandfather was an interpreter in the French occupation regime. After her mother's death, Bâ was lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariama Keïta
Mariama Keïta (1946 – 29 October 2018) was Niger's first woman journalist and feminist activist. Biography Keïta was born in 1946 in Niamey. She began as an editor and presenter of a newspaper and on the public radio station ''La Voix du Sahel''. In 1993, she participated in the popularization of the Constitution of Niger, which allowed the holding of the first democratic elections of the country. From 2003 to 2006, Keïta was the president of the Higher Council of Communication (CSC), the body responsible for the regulation of the country's media. During her last years of her career, she worked as the director of ''La Voix du Sahel''. She is the first Nigerien woman to be a journalist at a time when the profession was considered exclusively for men in Niger. A feminist activist and figure, she was a pioneer in the defense of women's rights in Niger ) , official_languages = , languages_type = National languages [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elea-Mariama Diarra
Elea-Mariama Diarra (born 8 March 1990 in Lyon) is a French athlete, specialising in the 400 meters. She runs for Décines Meyzieu Athletics. Career She won the national title in the 400 meters at the 2011 French Championships d' Bleach in time of 53.01 s beating Marie Gayot and Muriel Hurtis. In late July in Ostrava, she took third place in the 4 × 400 Metres Relay The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, th ... of the European Championship (Under 21s) alongside her teammates from the team of France. Prize list International National * France Championships in Athletics : Winner of the 400 m in 2011 Records References External links * * Biography oMariama Diarra Eleaon the site of the FFA 1990 births Living people French female sprinter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariama White-Hammond
Mariama White-Hammond is an African-American minister and community activist working on environmental, racial and economic justice issues. She is the founding pastor of New Roots African Methodist Episcopal Church in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Prior to her ordination in the AME Church, she was the director of Project HIP-HOP, a youth organization that uses arts as a way to communicate and educate on social justice topics. Early years White-Hammond is the daughter of Ray Hammond and Gloria White-Hammond, both medical doctors and ordained ministers in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Her parents married in 1973. She is the older of two children; her sister is Adiya White-Hammond. White-Hammond grew up in the Grove Hall neighborhood of Dorchester, in Boston, Massachusetts. She became politically aware at a young age. As a teen, she boycotted Coke in support of the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa. She attended the Winsor School, a private college preparatory sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariama Sow
Mariama Sow (born 19 May 2000) is a Guinean swimmer. She competed in the women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she ranked 87th with a time of 39.85 seconds. She did not advance to the semifinals. Sow competed at the 2015 African Games in the 50 metre freestyle event. She placed 20th in the heats with a time of 43.44 seconds and did not qualify for the finals. She also competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships The 16th FINA World Championships (russian: Чемпионат мира по водным видам спорта 2015), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia hosted this event for the first time. T ... in the 50 metre freestyle, where she placed 111th with a time of 44.59 seconds and did not qualify for the semifinals. References External links * 2000 births Living people Guinean female swimmers Olympic swimmers for Guinea Swimmers at the 2015 African Games Swimmers a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariama Signaté
Mariama Camara Signaté (born 22 July 1985 in Dakar, Senegal) is a French handball player. Her playing position is left back. Career Club Signaté's former clubs include Toulon, where she played from 1990 to 2003, Le Havre, of which she was part from 2003 to 2005, and Fleury les Aubrais (2005–2008). In 2008, she switched to HBC Nîmes with that she reached the final of the French League Cup in her first season. A year later won the 2008–2009 edition of the EHF Challenge Cup ahead of German club Thüringer HC. In the summer 2010 she transferred to Danish side Aalborg DH, just to return to France a year later, joining Issy-Paris Hand. During her time in Issy-Paris, Signaté reached the finals of the EHF Cup Winners' Cup and the EHF Challenge Cup, falling short in both occasions to Hypo Niederösterreich (2013) and H 65 Höör (2014), respectively. After three season in Issy-Paris, Signate decided to join Hungarian top division side Érd. She claimed that one of the main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariama Sarr
Mariama Sarr (born 4 March 1963) is a Senegalese politician. She is currently serving as Minister of Public Service and Public Service Renewal in the Fourth Sall government. Career Sarr served as Minister for Women, Children and Women's Entrepreneurship from 2012 to 2013. She is also mayor of Kaolack Kaolack ( ar, كاولاك; wo, Kawlax) is a town of 172,305 people (2002 census) on the north bank of the Saloum River and the N1 road in Senegal. It is the capital of the Kaolack Region, which borders The Gambia to the south. Kaolack is an i .... References 1963 births Living people Women's ministers of Senegal Women government ministers of Senegal 21st-century Senegalese politicians 21st-century Senegalese women politicians Women mayors of places in Senegal Mayors of places in Senegal {{Senegal-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariama Owusu
Mariama Owusu is a Ghanaian judge. She has been on the bench since 1990 and was nominated a judge of the Supreme Court Judge in November 2019. She was sworn in on 17 December 2019 after gaining parliamentary approval. Early life and education Owusu was born on 18 November 1954. She was born in Daloa but hails from Beposo in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. She received her primary and middle school education at Asawase L/A Primary and Middle School, completing it in 1968. She continued her studies at T.I. Ahmadiyya Senior High School from 1968 to 1975, earning both her Ordinary and Advanced Level certificates. In 1976, she enrolled at the University of Ghana to study Law, and later attended the Ghana School of Law in 1980, where she was called to the Ghana Bar Association in November 1981. Career Owusu began her legal career as a National Service person at the Attorney General's Office in Kumasi from 1980 to 1982. She later worked in private practice with Messrs Totoe Legal Services ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariama Ouiminga
Mariama Ouiminga (born 24 January 1970) is a Burkinabé sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at 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 .... She was the first woman to represent Burkina Faso at the Olympics. References External links * 1970 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Burkinabé female sprinters Olympic athletes for Burkina Faso Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic female sprinters 21st-century Burkinabé people {{BurkinaFaso-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariama Ndoye
Mariama Ndoye-Mbengue (born 1953) is a Senegalese writer born Mariama Ndoye. She became "Ndoye-Mbengue" on marriage. She has a doctorate in French language and literature. She has received awards for her short-stories and novels. For a period until 1986, she was curator of the IFAN Museum of African Arts in Dakar. She has also lived abroad spending 15 years in the Côte d'Ivoire and currently living in Tunisia. Bibliography *''De vous à moi'' rom you to me Paris: Présence Africaine, 1990 (96 pp.). . Short story collection *''Sur des chemins pavoisés'' n roads decked out with flags. Abidjan. CEDA, 1993 (77 pp.). . Novel. *''Parfums d'enfance'' hildhood Fragrances Abidjan: Les Nouvelles Editions Ivoiriennes, 1995 (128 pp.). . Short stories. *''Soukey''. Abidjan: Les Nouvelles Editions Ivoiriennes, 1999 (200 pp.). . Novel. Prize Vincent de Paul Nyonda Vincent de Paul Nyonda (1918 – 20 January 1995) was a Gabonese playwright and Minister (government), Minister. Nyonda serve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariama Khan
Mariama Khan (born 1977) is a Gambian filmmaker, poet, cultural activist and scholar. She teaches African civilization and Women in African Society at Lehman College in New York.Beti EllersonMariama Khan, filmmaker, poet, cultural activist, scholar: Reflections on cinema culture in The Gambia ''African Women in Cinema Blog'', 20 July 2018. Life Mariama Khan was born in 1977 to a Senegalese father and a Gambian mother. She grew up in Brikama New Town in the Kombo Central district of The Gambia. Khan started making short documentary films as a student of Henry Felt at Brandeis University. She made four documentaries in 2008-9. ''Sutura'' won a UNFPA award, and ''The Journey Up The Hill'' was premiered at Cinekambiya International Film Festival in 2016. In the Gambia, Khan worked as acting and later director of the Policy Analysis Unit in the Office of the President. President Yahya Jammeh appointed her secretary-general of Gambia's civil service in 2010, though the appointme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariama Jamanka
Mariama Jamanka (born 23 August 1990) is a retired German Bobsleigh, bobsledder who won Gold in the Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Two-woman, two-woman event with Lisa Buckwitz at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Career A former discus throw, discus and hammer thrower of Berlin, Jamanka became a bobsledder in 2013. She entered the Bobsleigh World Cup during the 2015–16 season. In January 2017, she won the Bobsleigh and Skeleton European Championship, European Championship in Winterberg with brakewoman Annika Drazek. Later the same year, she was part of the gold-winning German team in the mixed team event at the IBSF World Championships (bobsleigh and skeleton), IBSF World Championships in Königssee. Before the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Germany's head coach René Spies changed the brakewomen of the country's two leading two-women bobsleighs: Drazek was assigned to pilot Stephanie Schneider, while Jamanka had to work with Schneider's former brakewoman Lisa Buckwit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
