|
Njie
Njie or N'jie (English spelling in Gambia), N'Diaye ( French spelling in Senegal), N'diay (German) or Njaay ( Serer spelling in Senegambia) is a Serer patronym.Cheikh Anta Diop and Egbuna P. Modum. "Towards the African renaissance: essays in African culture & development", 1946-1960, p28). It is worn by both Serer and Wolof people. Notable persons with this surname include: Njie * Abdou Njie (born 1992), Gambian footballer * Adama Njie (born 1978), Gambian runner *Al Njie (born 1955), American soccer player *Alhaji Njie ( Biri Biri; 1948–2020), Gambian footballer; father of Yusupha Njie *Alieu Badara Njie (1904–1982), Gambian civil servant, politician, and ambassador *Allen Njie (born 1999), Liberian footballer *Baboucarr Njie (born 1955), Gambian footballer * Bubacar Njie Kambi (born 1988), Gambian footballer * Bilal Njie (born 1988), Norwegian footballer; brother of Moussa Njie * Fallou Njie (born 1999), Gambian footballer *Fatou Mass Jobe-Njie (born ?), Gambian politician, am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mambury Njie
Mambury Njie (born 27 June 1962) is a Gambian politician and the current Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs in Adama Barrow's cabinet. Education In 1986, Njie graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in economics and political science from East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania in the United States. In 1993, he completed a master of arts in international affairs at Columbia University, New York. Political career Early career Njie entered government service as an analyst with the Policy Analysis Unit, Office of the President, from 1989 to 1990. For the next two years, he worked as an economist with the Department of State for Finance and Economic Affairs. From February 1994 to July 1996, he worked as principal economist and head of the Macroeconomic and Financial Analysis Unit (MFAU) at the department. He entered the foreign service in July 1996 as economic counsellor at the Gambian Embassy in Taipei, Taiwan. From January, he became acting deputy head of mission, an in M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatou Mass Jobe-Njie
Fatou Mass Jobe-Njie is a Gambian politician who served as Minister of Tourism and Culture from 2010 to 2014 and ambassador to Malaysia from 2014 to 2015. Early life and education Jobe-Njie is from Serekunda. Her father died when she was young and her mother died a few years later. Jobe-Njie and her siblings were raised by their uncle. She attended Serre-Kunda primary school and St. Joseph's High School. Jobe-Njie has an MBA from the University of Wolverhampton. Career Jobe-Njie worked in the private sector and headed the marketing department at Standard Chartered Bank, before heading the retail banking of Bank PHB. She also served as the chair of the Gambia Red Cross Society and in May 2010 was elected Chair of the Africa Travel Association. Jobe-Njie was appointed Minister of Tourism and Culture by President Yahya Jammeh on 4 February 2010, replacing Nancy Njie. In 2013, she oversaw the establishment of the Gambia Collecting Society to collect and distribute royalties ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baboucarr Njie
Baboucarr Njie (born 5 June 1995) is a Gambian footballer who currently plays for USL Championship club Phoenix Rising FC. Career Njie played college soccer at North Carolina Wesleyan College for two consecutive seasons, skipping 2018 and returning for his junior year in 2019. During his time with the Battling Bishops, Njie made 57 appearances, scoring 34 goals and tallying 19 assists. During his 2018 season, Njie played in the USL PDL with North Carolina FC U23, where he made 4 appearances. 14 February 2020, it was announced that Njie would sign for USL Championship side Atlanta United 2. He made his debut for Atlanta on 29 July 2020, starting against The Miami FC. Njie signed with USL Championship side Rio Grande Valley FC on 6 April 2021. Njie signed with Phoenix Rising FC Phoenix Rising Football Club is an American professional Association football, soccer team based in Phoenix, Arizona. Founded in 2014 as Arizona United Soccer Club, the team is a member of the USL Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adama Njie
Adama Njie (or N'Jie; born 7 February 1978) is a retired Gambian middle-distance runner who specialised in the 800 metres. She represented her country in three Olympic Games and one Commonwealth Games, and was the flag-bearer for the Gambia at the 2000 Summer Olympics. 1996 At the 1996 African Championships in Athletics, aged 18, Njie won a bronze medal in the women's 800 metres (with a time of 2:10.10). She was the first Gambian runner to win a medal at the championships for an individual performance, as the country's only other medal had come in the 4 × 100 metres relay (at the 1984 event). A few weeks after her medal at the African Championships, Njie was a member of the nine-athlete Gambian delegation at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, as the only female competitor for her country. Her only race was the 800 metres, where she failed to finish the race. She was the third-youngest runner in the event, after Ethiopia's Kutre Dulecha and Yaznee Nasheeda of the Maldives. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isatou Njie-Saidy
Isatou Njie-Saidy (also spelt Aisatu N'Jie-Saidy) (born 5 March 1952) is a Gambian politician. She was Vice President of the Gambia, as well as Secretary of State for Women's Affairs, from 20 March 1997 to 18 January 2017. She is the first Gambian woman to have held the position of Vice President and one of the first women in West African politics to reach this senior position. Early life and education Njie-Saidy was born in Kuntaya,march 15th,1952 North Bank Division. From 1959 to 1964, she attended Brikama Primary School, and from 1964 and 1970, she attended Armitage High School, Georgetown. In 1971, she attended Yundum Teacher Training College, where she qualified as a teacher in 1974. From July 1979 to December 1979, she studied at the Research Institute for Management Science, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, where she was awarded a post-graduate diploma in industrial management. From September to November 1981, she studied at the University of the Philippi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mustapha Njie
Mustapha Njie (born May 16, 1996) is a Gambian footballer who plays as a striker for LISCR FC in the Liberia First Division. Bombada FC While playing for the Gambia Senior Secondary School, Njie was spotted by many clubs in the GFA League First Division and some other clubs in the second division of Gambian football. Njie joined the newly established club Bombada FC. In his first year with Bombada FC he led the club to the GFA League First Division from the second division. He netted 10 goals and gave 3 assists in his first season in the Gambian top flight to help Bombada FC remain in the top-flight They finished sixth on the 2014-15 league table. He scored seven goals in his second season in the First Division to help Bombada FC finish seventh in the league. His final year with the club began with a bad start. After seven league games, Bombada FC was unable to win a game as they sat bottom of the table with zero points. Despite their poor start, Njie managed to score seven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilal Njie
Bilal Elmi Njie (born 13 June 1998) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a winger for Eliteserien club Haugesund. Bilal is the younger brother of Moussa Njie. Career Vålerenga Njie began his career at Vålerenga, and made his first team debut on 30 September 2017 in a 4-2 loss vs. Stabæk Fotball, coming on as a late substitute. He also made 20 appearances for the reserve team in the 2017 season. Odd Before the 2018 season, Njie signed a three-year contract with the Skien-based club Odd, instead of signing with his youth club Vålerenga. According to Njie, he chose to sign with Odd because of their well-known ability to develop young players. KFUM Njie signed for KFUM-Kameratene Oslo on 5 October 2020. On 5 December 2021, in the promotion playoffs for a spot in the Eliteserien, Njie scored two goals in their quarterfinal win over Fredrikstad Fredrikstad (; previously ''Frederiksstad''; literally "Fredrik's Town") is a city and municipality in Viken county, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sainey Njie
Sainey Njie (born 30 August 2001) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays for MFK Zemplín Michalovce competing in Fortuna Liga as a midfielder, as well as the Gambian national team. Club career Njie made his professional Fortuna Liga debut for DAC Dunajská Streda in an away match against Spartak Trnava on 21 June 2020. He came on as a late stoppage time replacement for Eric Ramírez. DAC won the game 2−0. In the upcoming match he debuted in the starting-line up against champion side of Slovan Bratislava, with DAC suffering a 3−1 defeat at MOL Aréna. Njie was replaced by Andrej Fábry after over 70 minutes, in an effort to score. During the 2020−21 season, Njie played for Šamorín while also appearing for Dunajská Streda, as the 2. Liga club is a 'farm' team of DAC. International career Njie debuted with Gambia in a friendly 1−0 win over Congo Congo or The Congo may refer to either of two countries that border the Congo River in central Africa: * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moussa Njie
Moussa Njie (born 2 October 1995) is a Norwegian football midfielder who plays for Sandefjord. He is the older brother of Bilal Njie. Njie played youth football for his childhood club Holmlia SK. He made his Eliteserien debut for Vålerenga Fotball in November 2013 against Aalesund. In the summer of 2015 he joined Bærum. On 2 December 2015 he signed for Stabæk. On 17 January 2019 he signed for Partizan. Career statistics Club Honours Club ;Partizan * Serbian Cup: 2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ... at Soccerway References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Samuel Njie
Marie Samuel Njie was a musician and singer, from, and popular in, The Gambia. Life and family Marie Samuel Njie was an important griot singer and cultural icon in her home country, The Gambia.Falola, Toyin (PhD); Jean-Jacques, Daniel; ''Africa: An Encyclopedia of Culture and Society volumes An Encyclopedia of Culture and Society''. ABC-CLIO (2015), p. 514, (retrieved 15 August 2020/ref>The Standard , ''The Gambia at 50: Fifty prominent Gambians who helped to shape the nation'' (23 February 2015/ref> She came from a family that produced several major griot singers.The Daily Observer nAllAfrica: ''Gambia: Gems of the Gambia'' (13 July 2016(retrieved 15 August 2020) Her songs were accompanied by a xalam, calabash, and sabar, and were mainly about social and political issues as well as everyday life.The Daily Observer nAllAfrica, ''Gambia: Tribute to the King Paps Touray's – Birthday Sixth December''. by Oko Drammeh (7 December 2012(retrieved 15 August 2020) She regularly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen Njie
Allen Njie (born 26 July 1999) is a Liberian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swiss club FC Aarau. Club career Born in Barnesville, Njie has played for Liberian clubs Pepper FC and LISCR as well as Swiss club Grasshopper. In October 2020 he moved on loan to Israeli club Bnei Sakhnin. In February 2021 he moved on loan to Croatian club Slaven Belupo. In July 2021, he moved to Swiss club FC Aarau. International career After playing for the Liberian under-20 team, he made his senior international debut for Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ... in 2018. References 1999 births Living people Liberian footballers Liberia under-20 international footballers Liberia international footballers Association football midfielders LISCR FC players G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolof People
The Wolof people () are a West African ethnic group found in northwestern Senegal, the Gambia, and southwestern coastal Mauritania. In Senegal, the Wolof are the largest ethnic group (~43.3%), while elsewhere they are a minority. They refer to themselves as ''Wolof'' and speak the Wolof language, in the West Atlantic branch of the Niger–Congo family of languages. Their early history is unclear. The earliest documented mention of the Wolof is found in the records of 15th-century, Portuguese-financed Italian traveller Alvise Cadamosto, who mentioned well-established Islamic Wolof chiefs advised by Muslim counselors. The Wolof belonged to the medieval-era Wolof Empire of the Senegambia region. Details of the pre-Islamic religious traditions of the Wolof are unknown, and their oral traditions state them to have been adherents of Islam since the founding king of Jolof. However, historical evidence left by Islamic scholars and European travelers suggest that Wolof warriors and rul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
