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Turay
Turay is an English transcription of a West African surname (the French transcription is ''Touré (surname), Touré'', another English one is ''Touray''). Notable people with the name include: *Andrew Turay, politician in Sierra Leone *Edward Turay, politician in Sierra Leone *Fatmata Turay, (born 1987), beauty queen who represented Sierra Leone in Miss World 2007 in Sanya, China *Kemoko Turay, American football player *Samori Turay (c. 1830 – 1900), the founder of the Wassoulou Empire, an Islamic state that resisted French rule in West Africa *Sitta Umaru Turay (born 1978), Sierra Leonean journalist and member of the editorial board of the Sierra Express newspaper {{Commons category-inline Surnames of African origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kemoko Turay
Kemoko Turay (born July 11, 1995) is an American football defensive end who is a free agent. He played college football at Rutgers Scarlet Knights football, Rutgers and was drafted by the Colts in the second round of the 2018 NFL Draft. Early life Turay was born in Montclair, New Jersey. His father is from Guinea, while his mother is from Ivory Coast. College career Turay attended and played college football at Rutgers under head coaches Kyle Flood and Chris Ash. Turay had an impressive redshirt freshman season, with 24 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, and 7.5 sacks despite not starting any games. After this season, he was named to the Freshman All-American team. After his senior season, Turay was invited to the 2018 Senior Bowl. Professional career After his senior season, Turay was invited to the 2018 NFL combine. Indianapolis Colts Turay was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the second round, 52nd overall, of the 2018 NFL Draft. In Week 3, against the Philadelphia Eagles, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Turay
Edward Mohamed Turay is a Sierra Leonean politician and diplomat. He was leader of the opposition All People's Congress (APC) from 1996 to 2002. He has been Sierra Leone's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom since 2010. Background Education and early years Turay is from the Temne tribe of northern Sierra Leone and is from Makeni. He is a barrister by profession, having studied law at Manchester University, and been called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1976."H.E. Mr. Edward M. Turay, High Commissioner for UK and Northern Ireland" , Sierra Leone High Commission. Returning to Sierra Leone in 1979, he was a magistrate for three years before engaging in politics in 1982. He is the founder and consultant of Eddie Turay & Associates, a leading law firm in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatmata Turay
Fatmata B. Turay, (born in 1987 in Freetown) is Sierra Leonean beauty queen who represented her country at Miss World 2007 in Sanya, People's Republic of China, China. The Awareness Times, 13 January 2006 She studied medicine. References Miss World 2007 delegates 1987 births Living people Sierra Leonean female models Temne people Sierra Leonean beauty pageant winners People from Freetown {{Model-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierra Leone has a tropical climate, with diverse environments ranging from savanna to rainforests. The country has a population of 7,092,113 as of the 2015 census. The capital and largest city is Freetown. The country is divided into five administrative regions, which are subdivided into Districts of Sierra Leone, 16 districts. Sierra Leone is a constitutional republic with a unicameral parliament and a directly elected executive president, president serving a five-year term with a maximum of two terms. The current president is Julius Maada Bio. Sierra Leone is a Secular state, secular nation with Constitution of Sierra Leone, the constitution providing for the separation of state and religion and freedom of conscience (which includes freedom of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Turay
Andrew Turay is a Sierra Leonean politician. He competed in the 1996 presidential election as part of the National People's Party (NPP). He received 0.5% of the vote (3,925 total votes). Turay was the candidate for the Convention People's Party in the August 2007 presidential election. He received fourth place and 1.56% of the vote.Final results from the National Electoral Commission , August 25, 2007. In early September, prior to the second round of the election, he announced his support for of the Sierra Leone People's Party
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Sitta Umaru Turay
Sitta Umaru Turay (born December 24, 1978 in Freetown, Sierra Leone) is a Sierra Leonean journalist and current member of the editorial Board of the Freetown-based Sierra Express newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a .... External links *https://web.archive.org/web/20080503095144/http://www.sierraexpressmedia.com/id501.html *http://www.youthwaternetwork.org/ywn/profile.asp?MemberId=90 1978 births Living people Njala University alumni Sierra Leonean journalists People from Freetown {{Africa-journalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Touré (surname)
Touré is the French transcription of a West African surname (English transcriptions are ''Turay'' and ''Touray''). The name is probably derived from ''tùùré'', the word for 'elephant' in Soninké, the language of the Ghana Empire. The clan existed as kings of Zaghari on the middle Niger before the Moroccan invasion of Ghana. A theory of their origin holds that the Touré are descended from the "Roum," pre-Arab North African soldiers, and local women.Massing, Andrew W., ''The Wangara, an old Soninke Diaspora in West Africa?'', Cahiers d’Études africaines, 158, XL-2, 2000, pp. 281-308, https://web.archive.org/web/20070628220805/http://etudesafricaines.revues.org/docannexe6104.html, accessed 11/30/2020 People Notable people with the name include: *Touré (born 1971), American novelist and music journalist *Ahmed Touré (born 1987), Ivorian footballer *Ahmed Sékou Touré (1922–1984), Guinean politician, first President of Guinea *Aïda Touré, Gabonese poet, artist and com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samori Turay
Samory Toure ( – June 2, 1900), also known as Samori Toure, Samory Touré, or Almamy Samore Lafiya Toure, was a Muslim cleric, a military strategist, and the founder and leader of the Wassoulou Empire, an Islamic empire that was in present-day north and south-eastern Guinea and included part of north-eastern Sierra Leone, part of Mali, part of northern Côte d'Ivoire and part of southern Burkina Faso. Samori Ture was a deeply religious Muslim of the Maliki jurisprudence of Sunni Islam. Toure resisted French colonial rule in West Africa from 1882 until his capture in 1898. Samori Toure was the great-grandfather of Guinea's first president, Ahmed Sékou Touré. Early life and career Samori Ture was Mandinka, born in c. 1830 in Manyambaladugu (in the Kankan region). Kankan is the second capital city located in eastern part of Guinea West, the son of Dyula traders. He grew up as West Africa was being transformed through growing contacts and trade with the Europeans in c ... [...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 networks, suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Touray
Touray is a common Gambian surname of Mandinka people, Mandinka origin. As well as the family name Ceesay, it originally indicated the descent of its bearer from a Marabout, a West African Islamic dignitary. Notable people with the name ''Touray'' include: *Alieu Touray-Saidy (born 1976), American former soccer player *Ibou Touray (born 1994), Gambian footballer *Isatou Touray (born 1955), Gambian feminist activist *Josephine Touray (born 1979), Danish handball player *Njogu Touray (born 1960), Gambian artist *Omar Touray (born 1965), Gambian diplomat *Pa Dembo Touray (born 1980), retired Gambian footballer *Sainey Touray (born 1990), Gambian footballer *Shekou Touray (born 1945), Sierra Leonean diplomat References {{surname, Touray Mandinka surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wassoulou Empire
The Wassoulou Empire, sometimes referred to as the Mandinka Empire, was a short-lived (1878–1898) empire of West Africa built from the conquests of Malinke ruler Samori Ture and destroyed by the French colonial army. In 1864, Toucouleur ruler El Hajj Umar Tall died near Bandiagara, leaving the then-dominant Toucouleur Empire tottering and a number of chiefs rushing to break their own pieces away from the newly weakened federation. By far the most successful among them was Samori Touré of what is now southwestern Guinea. Army organization Samori's army was well equipped with European firearms and a complex structure of permanent units. His army was divided into an infantry wing of sofa ( Mandinka for infantry, usually slaves) and a cavalry wing. By 1887, Samori could field 30,000 to 35,000 infantry and about 3,000 cavalry. Infantry were divided into units of 10 to 20 men known as a "se" or "kulu". Cavalry were divided into bands of 50 horsemen called a "sere". Kulus w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
