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Timeline Of Dakar
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Dakar, Senegal. Prior to 20th century * 1857 ** Gorée merchants settle in Dakar. ** French build fort on Dakar Point. * 1862 – "Master plan for Dakar is drafted by Émile Pinet-Laprade." * 1863 ** Streets named. ** Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Senegambia established. * 1867 - Port was opened for commerce. * 1872 – Town becomes part of the commune of Gorée. * 1878 – Population: 1,600. * 1885 ** Rue Blanchot mosque built (approximate date). ** Opening of the Dakar–Saint-Louis railway (163 miles long). * 1887 ** Dakar commune formed. ** Jean Alexandre becomes mayor. * 1891 – Population: 8,737. * 1900 – "Military seaport" built. 20th century 1900s–1950s * 1902 – Capital of French West Africa moved to Dakar from Saint-Louis. * 1903 – created. * 1904 ** Avenue Gambetta, Avenue de la Liberté, and Boulevard de la République open. ** Population: 18,447. * 1905 – Brest-Dakar telegraph in operation ...
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-Timelines Regional timelines Historical timelines Urban planning cities A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
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École Nationale De Médecine Et Pharmacie (Senegal)
École nationale de médecine et pharmacie is a degree-granting university in Dakar, Senegal, specializing in medicine and pharmacy studies. History French West Africa School of Medicine The French West Africa School of Medicine ''(École de médecine de l'Afrique Occidentale Française)'' was established on 1 November 1918, pursuant to a government decree of 14 January 1918, to train medical workers and midwives to assist colonial physicians and pharmacists. It was inaugurated and headed by Aristide Le Dantec, director of a hospital founded in 1913 to treat the indigenous population of French West Africa.Maïmouna Gueye"Centre hospitalier national Aristide Le Dantec: l'hôpital indigène toujours au service des populations démunies" ''Le Soleil (Dakar)'', 12 December 2007. Almost all teachers belonged to the ''Corps de santé colonial''. Students were selected through competition at École normale supérieure William Ponty, where they studied a year of basic sciences before join ...
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Cheikh Anta Diop University
Cheikh Anta Diop University (french: Université Cheikh Anta Diop or UCAD), also known as the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, is a university in Dakar, Senegal. It is named after the Senegalese physicist, historian and anthropologist Cheikh Anta Diop and has an enrollment of over 60,000. History Cheikh Anta Diop University predates Senegalese independence and grew out of several French institutions set up by the colonial administration. In 1918, the French created the "école africaine de médecine" (African medical school), mostly to serve white and Métis students but also open to the small educated elite of the four free towns of Senegal with nominal French citizenship. In 1936, under the Popular Front government in France, Dakar became home to the Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire (IFAN), an institute for the study of African culture. In 1950s, with decolonisation already looming, the French administration expanded these schools, added science faculties, and combi ...
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Cours Sainte Marie De Hann
Cours Sainte Marie de Hann is a school for different group of ages ranging from Kindergarten to high school in Dakar, Senegal. It was founded in 1949-1950 and belongs to a group of private schools in the Dakar Diocese of the Catholic Church.UNESCO Prize 1991 for Peace Education
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Battle Of Dakar
The Battle of Dakar, also known as Operation Menace, was an unsuccessful attempt in September 1940 by the Allies to capture the strategic port of Dakar in French West Africa (modern-day Senegal). It was hoped that the success of the operation could overthrow the pro-German Vichy French administration in the colony, and be replaced by a pro-Allied Free French one under General Charles de Gaulle. Background At the beginning of World War II, the French fleet in the Mediterranean was to have countered the Italian Navy, thereby leaving the British Royal Navy free to concentrate on the German warships in the North Sea and Atlantic. After the defeat of France and the conclusion of the armistice between France and Nazi Germany in June 1940, there was considerable confusion as to the allegiance of the various French colonies. Some, like Cameroon and French Equatorial Africa, joined the Free French, but others, including the North African colonies, French West Africa, Syria and Indochina ...
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IFAN Museum Of African Arts
Ifan may refer to: People *Ifan (given name), list of people with this name * Ifan Evans (born 1983), Welsh rugby union player * Wil Ifan * The nickname of Riefian Fajarsyah of a former Seventeen member, disbanded by 2018 Sunda Strait tsunami. Places *Betws Ifan, a small village located in Ceredigion, Wales * Ifan, Nigeria, a city in southern Nigeria *Pentre Ifan, an ancient manor in Nevern, North Pembrokeshire, West Wales *Ysbyty Ifan, a small but historic village in Conwy, north Wales Other *IFAN Museum of African Arts in Dakar, Senegal is one of the oldest art museums in West Africa * The Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire IFAN (I.F.A.N., Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire or Fundamental Institute of Black Africa Sub-Saharan Africa is, geographically, the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara. These include West Africa, ..., academic centers in Francophone West Africa * Independent Food Aid Network, UK network of inde ...
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Institut Fondamental D'Afrique Noire
IFAN (I.F.A.N., Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire or Fundamental Institute of Black Africa Sub-Saharan Africa is, geographically, the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara. These include West Africa, East Africa, Central Africa, and Southern Africa. Geopolitically, in addition to the African co ...) is a cultural and scientific institute in the nations of the former French West Africa. Founded in Dakar, Senegal in 1938 as the Institut français d’Afrique noire (French Institute of Black Africa), the name was changed only in 1966. It was headquartered in what is now the building of the IFAN Museum of African Arts. Since its founding, its charge was to study the language, history, and culture of the peoples ruled by French colonial empires, French colonialism in Africa. Early history IFAN first formed from a combination of three forces: the French colonial "Civilizing mission", the desire for more efficient Indirect rule through the ...
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Our Lady Of Victories Cathedral, Dakar
The Our Lady of Victories Cathedral (french: Cathédrale Notre Dame des Victoires) or Cathedral of Dakar, is a religious building that serves as the Catholic cathedral in the city of Dakar, the capital of the African country of Senegal, which is the seat of the Archdiocese of Dakar (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Dakarensis''). The sanctuary was built on the site of an ancient Lebu cemetery, whose land was granted by the government to the church. The construction began in 1924 and the cathedral was consecrated 12 years later, on 2 February 1936, by Cardinal Jean Verdier, archbishop of Paris. In 1964, initial the inscription above the entrance was changed into the current one. In 2001 in the church the funeral of former President Leopold Senghor was performed. Cardinal Hyacinthe Thiandoum, who died in 2004, is buried in the back of the altar, next to the statue of Our Lady of Victories, patron of the cathedral. See also *Roman Catholicism in Senegal *Our Lady of Victories Cathedral, Ya ...
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Armand-Pierre Angrand
Armand Pierre Angrand (9 October 1892 – 29 August 1964) was a Senegalese politician, nobleman and writer and mayor of Gorée and Dakar in 1934. Son of Leopold Angrand (1859–1906), descendant of a prominent Métis Signares Goree. Grand son of Pierre Angrand (1820 -?), a rich merchant and shipowner and Helene de Saint-Jean (1826–1859), granddaughter of Estoupan of St. John, who signed the capitulation of Gorée 1758 against the British. He wrote a basic guide for the Europeans (French, Wolof Manual, foreword by Theodore Monod),. Armand-Pierre Angrand was also a correspondent in the Senegal Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) movement founded by Marcus Garvey. See also * List of mayors of Dakar * Timeline of Dakar The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Dakar, Senegal. Prior to 20th century * 1857 ** Gorée merchants settle in Dakar. ** French build fort on Dakar Point. * 1862 – "Master plan for Dakar is drafted by Émile Pinet-La ... Re ...
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ASC Diaraf
Association Sportive et Culturelle Jaraaf is a Senegalese football club based in Dakar. They play in the top division in Senegalese football. Their home stadium is Stade de Diaraf. The club name is sometimes spelt ASC Jaraaf. The word ''Diaraf'' (French spelling in Senegal) or ''Jaraaf'' ( Serer and English spelling in the Gambia) comes from the Serer language - ''Jaraaf'', variation :''Jaraff''. The Jaraffs were the head of the Serer noble council of electors responsible for electing the Serer kings in pre-colonial times. Sarr, Alioune, "Histoire du Sine-Saloum", Introduction, bibliographie et Notes par Charles Becker, Bulletin de l'IFAN, Tome 46, Serie B, n° 3-4, 1986–1987, pp 21-30 ASC Jaraaf is the most popular club in Senegal. The club also has the most number of major honours won in Senegal, totaling to 28. Logo and uniform Its team logo are blue and white. Its home uniform color features a white t-shirt with a striped green rims on top and green shorts with thick whi ...
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Paris-Dakar (Newspaper)
The Dakar Rally (or simply "The Dakar"; formerly known as the "Paris–Dakar Rally") is an annual rally raid organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation. Most events since the inception in 1978 were staged from Paris, France, to Dakar, Senegal, but due to security threats in Mauritania, which led to the cancellation of the 2008 rally, events from 2009 to 2019 were held in South America. Since 2020, the rally has been held in Saudi Arabia. The event is open to amateur and professional entries, amateurs typically making up about eighty percent of the participants. The rally is an off-road endurance event. The terrain that the competitors traverse is much tougher than that used in conventional rallying, and the vehicles used are typically true off-road vehicles and motorcycles, rather than modified on-road vehicles. Most of the competitive special sections are off-road, crossing dunes, mud, camel grass, rocks, and erg among others. The distances of each stage covered vary from sho ...
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