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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] |
Ibou Touray
Ibou Omar Touray (born 24 December 1994) is a professional association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), left back for club Salford City F.C., Salford City. Born in England, he represents Gambia national football team, Gambia internationally, qualifying through his father. Touray began his career with local team Everton F.C., Everton, but left in 2014 having made no appearances for the first team. He spent successive seasons in the lower leagues with Chester F.C., Chester, Rhyl F.C., Rhyl, and Nantwich Town F.C., Nantwich Town, before signing for National League North team Salford City F.C., Salford City in 2017. He helped them achieve back to back promotions in his first two seasons, first to the National League (division), National League and then to League Two, the first time Salford had reached the English Football League in their history. He is the longest serving player in the clubs' history, and helped the club win the 2020 EFL Trophy Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isatou Touray
Isatou Touray (born 17 March 1955) is a Gambian politician, activist, and social reformer. A noted campaigner against female genital mutilation (FGM), she became the first female Gambian presidential candidate in 2016, before dropping out to endorse Adama Barrow and Coalition 2016. She then served in Barrow's cabinet, as trade minister, and then as health minister. On 15 March 2019, Touray became Vice-President of The Gambia, replacing her predecessor, Ousainou Darboe in a major cabinet reshuffle. Early life and education Touray was born at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Bathurst, Colony of the Gambia, in 1955. She was brought up at 44 Grant Street in Bathurst, which was renamed Banjul in 1975. Her father was a native of Kaur. She attended Crab Island Secondary Technical School and was noted as a good athlete during her school days. Touray attended Usman Danfodiyo University in Nigeria, graduating with a bachelor's degree in education and English. She then studied at the I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pa Dembo Touray
Pa Dembo Touray (born 31 March 1980,), is the goalkeeper coach of Prespa Birlik. He is a former Gambian football goalkeeper and national team player for Gambia. Club career Touray, an English spelling of the name "Touré", began his footballing career with Real de Banjul F.C. in Gambia. In 2000, he moved to Stockholm in Sweden to play for Djurgårdens IF in the highest domestic league, Allsvenskan. Touray spent two respective loan spells with Assyriska FF and Vålerenga IF before returning to Djurgårdens IF following the sale of Swedish international goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson. After Isaksson's departure, Touray was handed an extended run in the team, and since maintained his position as first-choice goalkeeper at the club. He was also rewarded with the club captaincy after several seasons of consistency and following the 2011 season was selected as the top goalkeeper in the Allsvenskan. At the conclusion of the 2011 season, after a decade at Djurgårdens IF Touray left the cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sainey Touray
Sainey "Ballack" Touray (born February 8, 1990 in Serrekunda) is a Gambian footballer who last played for Austin Aztex. Career Club Touray began his professional career with Tallinding United of the Gambian Second Division, where he was the league's youngest forward after joining the team in 2003. In 2005, he moved to First Division side Wallidan, and became one of the club's key players, leading the club to the 2008 Gambian title as the club's top scorer with nine goals. His play at Wallidan and with various Gambian youth national teams sparked the interest of several European clubs, leading to him training in 2007 with Arsenal of the English Premier League. At the conclusion of the 2008 Gambian First Division, Touray went on trial with New York Red Bulls and was eventually signed in August 2008. He appeared in six matches with the Red Bull Reserves and scored two goals. On March 25, 2010, on the strength of an impressive pre-season, American second tier club Carolina Rail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omar Touray
Omar Alieu Touray (born 5 November 1965) is a Gambian diplomat. He was the Gambia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2007 to 2008 and has been Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs since March 2008. Touray received his B.A. (literature and linguistics) from Ain Shams University in 1987 and graduated with a Ph.D. in international relations at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva in 1994. He was liaison officer for the World Indigenous Organization at the United Nations Office at Geneva from September 1993 to December 1994. He was then a consultant at the International Labour Office in Geneva until July 1995, at which point he briefly became Senior Assistant Secretary at the Gambian Ministry of External Affairs before becoming First Secretary of the Gambian Embassy to Belgium, and Permanent Mission to the European Union and the World Trade Organization later in 1995. In mid-1996 he was moved to the post of Counsellor and Head of Chancery at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alieu Touray-Saidy
Alieu Touray-Saidy (born September 8, 1976) is a soccer player. Career Touray-Saidy played with the Northern Virginia Royals in the USL Pro Soccer League The USL Second Division (commonly referred to as USL-2) was a professional men's soccer league in the United States, operated by United Soccer Leagues (USL). It was at the third tier of soccer in the United States, behind Major League Soccer (t ... in 2003, scoring one goals in 10 appearances for the club. References 1976 births Living people USL Second Division players Northern Virginia Royals players Association football midfielders American soccer players Association football forwards {{US-footy-forward-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shekou Touray
Shekou Momodou Touray, (born 22 September 1945) is a Sierra Leonean diplomat who served as the Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations. He was educated at Fourah Bay College, Sierra Leone and at King's College London, graduating with an LLB. A legal practitioner, he previously served as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of Sierra Leone. He was a Presidential Appointee to the Law Reform Commission in 2003. Touray is a member of the Mandingo ethnic group and a native of Bonthe District Bonthe District is a district that comprises several islands and mainland of the Atlantic Ocean in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone. Bonthe is one of the sixteen districts of Sierra Leone. Its capital is the town of Bonthe Island and its la ... in southern Sierra Leone. He is married with five children. References External links *https://washdiplomat.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2771:his-excellency-shekou-momodou-touray&catid=196&It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josephine Touray
Josephine Touray (born 6 October 1979) is a former Danish team handball player and Olympic champion. She received a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...."2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball" – ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 25, 2008) References 1979 births[...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 (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 servant *Yankuba Ceesay Yankuba Ceesay (born June 26, 1984), also known as Maal, is a Gambian footballer (midfielder), who plays in Finnish Kakkonen for Kokkolan Palloveikot. Club career When Ceesay joined Alianza Atlético of Peru, he became the first Gambian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gambia
The Gambia,, ff, Gammbi, ar, غامبيا officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. It is the smallest country within mainland AfricaHoare, Ben. (2002) ''The Kingfisher A-Z Encyclopedia'', Kingfisher Publications. p. 11. . and is surrounded by Senegal, except for its western coast on the Atlantic Ocean. The Gambia is situated on both sides of the lower reaches of the Gambia River, the nation's namesake, which flows through the centre of the Gambia and empties into the Atlantic Ocean, thus the long shape of the country. It has an area of with a population of 1,857,181 as of the April 2013 census. Banjul is the Gambian capital and the country's largest metropolitan area, while the largest cities are Serekunda and Brikama. The Portuguese in 1455 entered the Gambian region, the first Europeans to do so, but never established important trade there. In 1765, the Gambia was made a part of the British Empire by establishment of the Gambia. In 1965, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandinka People
The Mandinka or Malinke are a West African ethnic group primarily found in southern Mali, the Gambia and eastern Guinea. Numbering about 11 million, they are the largest subgroup of the Mandé peoples and one of the largest ethnic-linguistic groups in Africa. They speak the Manding languages in the Mande language family and a ''lingua franca'' in much of West Africa. Over 99% of Mandinka adhere to Islam. They are predominantly subsistence farmers and live in rural villages. Their largest urban center is Bamako, the capital of Mali. The Mandinka are the descendants of the Mali Empire, which rose to power in the 13th century under the rule of king Sundiata Keita, who founded an empire that would go on to span a large part of West Africa. They migrated west from the Niger River in search of better agricultural lands and more opportunities for conquest. Nowadays, the Mandinka inhabit the West Sudanian savanna region extending from The Gambia and the Casamance region in Senegal to Iv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marabout
A marabout ( ar, مُرابِط, murābiṭ, lit=one who is attached/garrisoned) is a Muslim religious leader and teacher who historically had the function of a chaplain serving as a part of an Islamic army, notably in North Africa and the Sahara, in West Africa, and (historically) in the Maghreb. The marabout is often a scholar of the Qur'an, or religious teacher. Others may be wandering holy men who survive on alms, Sufi Murshids ("Guides"), or leaders of religious communities. The term "marabout" is also used for the mausolea of such religious leaders (cf. ''maqam'', ''mazar'', in Palestine also ''wali/weli''). West Africa Muslim religious teachers Muslim tariqah (Sufi religious brotherhoods) are one of the main organizing forms of West African Islam, and with the spread of Sufi ideas into the area, the marabout's role combined with local practices throughout Senegambia, the Niger River Valley, and the Futa Jallon. Here, Sufi believers follow a marabout, elsewhere know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
