|
Jean Félix-Tchicaya
Jean Félix-Tchicaya was a Congolese politician in the French colony of Middle Congo. He was born in Libreville on November 9, 1903, and was a member of the royal family of the Kingdom of Loango. In 1945, he was elected as the first deputy for Middle-Congo and the Gabon in the French National Assembly, a seat he retained until the end of the French Fourth Republic. He helped found the Congolese Progressive Party (PPC), a Congolese branch of the African Democratic Rally, in 1946. He died in Pointe Noire on January 15, 1961, seeing his rival Fulbert Youlou gain power over a newly independent Republic of Congo. Early life Born at Libreville from the prominent Vili-speaking Congolese :fr:Clan Boulolo, Bulolo clan, originally coming from the settlement of Diosso, Jean Félix-Tchicaya studied at the small public school in Libreville. Louis Mbouyou Portella, his grand father was one of the wealthiest traders of Loango area at that time. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle Congo
Middle or The Middle may refer to: * Centre (geometry), the point equally distant from the outer limits. Places * Middle (sheading), a subdivision of the Isle of Man * Middle Bay (other) * Middle Brook (other) * Middle Creek (other) * Middle Island (other) * Middle Lake (other) * Middle Mountain, California * Middle Peninsula, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia * Middle Range, a former name of the Xueshan Range on Taiwan Island * Middle River (other) * Middle Rocks, two rocks at the eastern opening of the Straits of Singapore * Middle Sound, a bay in North Carolina * Middle Township (other) * Middle East Music * "Middle" (song), 2015 * "The Middle" (Jimmy Eat World song), 2001 * "The Middle" (Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey song), 2018 *"Middle", a song by Rocket from the Crypt from their 1995 album ''Scream, Dracula, Scream!'' *"The Middle", a song by Demi Lovato from their debut album ''Don't Forget'' *"The Middle", a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Congo–Ocean Railway
The Congo–Ocean Railway (COR; , ) links the Atlantic port of Pointe-Noire (now in the Republic of Congo) with Brazzaville, a distance of . It bypasses the rapids on the lower Congo River; from Brazzaville, river boats are able to ascend the Congo River and its major tributaries, including the Oubangui River to Bangui. the railroad was regularly operating freight and passenger services along the length of the line despite the poor state of the track. A luxury passenger train, La Gazelle train, ''La Gazelle'', using Korean-manufactured passenger cars, was introduced in 2012; as of 2014 it operated between Pointe-Noire railway station, Pointe-Noire and Brazzaville every other day, and was scheduled to take 14–16 hours to complete the journey. History Under French colonial administration, in 1921 they contracted Société de Construction des Batignolles to construct the railway using forced labour, recruited from what is now southern Chad and the Central African Republic. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mambou Aimée Gnali
Mambou Aimée Gnali (born 18 October 1935) is a Congolese former politician. In 1963 she became one of the first group of women elected to the National Assembly. She subsequently served as Minister of Culture and the Arts from January 1999 to August 2002. Biography A member of the Vili ethnic group, Gnali was born in Brazzaville in October 1935. she returned to Congo in September 1963 and began teaching at a high school in Pointe-Noire. However, having become a member of the National Movement of the Revolution (MNR), she was a candidate for the party in the December 1963 parliamentary elections. With no opposition contesting the elections, she was elected to the National Assembly from the Pointe-Noire constituency, becoming one of the first group of three women to enter parliament. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amadou Lamine-Guèye
Amadou Lamine-Guèye (20 September 1891 – 10 June 1968) was a Senegalese politician who was the first President of the National Assembly of Senegal from 1960 until his death in 1968. The leader of the Senegalese Party of Socialist Action and a member of the French Section of the Workers' International, he was also a member of the French National Assembly from Senegal between 1946 and 1951, serving alongside associate Léopold Sédar Senghor. He was additionally a member of the Senate from 1958 to 1959. He gave his name to the 1946 (''Loi Lamine Guèye'') which granted French citizenship to all inhabitants of France's overseas colonies. Early life Amadou Lamine-Guèye was born in Médine, in French Sudan (now part of Mali) on 20 September 1891. He was educated in France, where he graduated as a lawyer in 1921. He was the grandson of Bacre Waly Gueye, a prominent merchant and political figure in 19th-century Saint-Louis, Senegal, who was the first African member of the Gener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamba Sano
Mamba Sano (1903 in Kissidougou, Guinea – July 4, 1985) was a Guinean politician who served in the French National Assembly The National Assembly (, ) is the lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral French Parliament under the French Fifth Republic, Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (France), Senate (). The National Assembly's legislators are known ... from 1946-1958 . References 1st page on the French National Assembly website 2nd page on the French National Assembly website {{DEFAULTSORT:Sano, Mamba 1903 births 1985 deaths People from Faranah Region Union progressiste politicians Deputies of the 1st National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic Deputies of the 2nd National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic Members of Parliament for French West Africa Guinean politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Félix Houphouët-Boigny (; 18 October 1905 – 7 December 1993), affectionately called Papa Houphouët or Le Vieux ("The Old One"), was an Ivorian politician and physician who served as the first List of heads of state of Ivory Coast, president of Ivory Coast from 1960 until his death in 1993. A tribal chief, he worked as a medical aide, union leader, and planter before being elected to the French Parliament in 1945. He served in several ministerial positions within the Government of France before leading Ivory Coast following independence in 1960. Throughout his life, he played a significant role in politics and the decolonisation of Africa. Under Houphouët-Boigny's politically Centrism, moderate leadership, Ivory Coast prospered economically. This success, uncommon in poverty-ridden West Africa, became known as the "Ivorian miracle"; it was due to a combination of sound planning, the maintenance of strong ties with the West (particularly France) and development of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dakar
Dakar ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Senegal, largest city of Senegal. The Departments of Senegal, department of Dakar has a population of 1,278,469, and the population of the Dakar metropolitan area was at 4.0 million in 2023. Dakar is situated on the Cap-Vert peninsula, the westernmost point of mainland Africa. Cap-Vert was colonized by the Portuguese people, Portuguese in the early 15th century. The Portuguese established a presence on the island of Gorée off the coast of Cap-Vert and used it as a base for the Atlantic slave trade. Kingdom of France, France took over the island in 1677. Following the abolition of the slave trade and French annexation of the mainland area in the 19th century, Dakar grew into a major regional port and a major city of the French colonial empire. In 1902, Dakar replaced Saint-Louis, Senegal, Saint-Louis as the capital of French West Africa. From 1959 to 1960, Dakar was the capital of the short-lived Mali Federation. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorée
(; "Gorée Island"; ) is one of the 19 (i.e. districts) of the city of Dakar, Senegal. It is an island located at sea from the main harbour of Dakar (), famous as a destination for people interested in the Atlantic slave trade. Its population as of the 2013 census was 1,680 inhabitants, giving a density of , which is only half the average density of the city of Dakar. Gorée is both the smallest and the least populated of the 19 of Dakar. Other important centres for the slave trade from Senegal were further north, at Saint-Louis, Senegal, or to the south in the Gambia, at the mouths of major rivers for trade.''Les Guides Bleus: Afrique de l'Ouest'' (1958 ed.), p. 123 It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and was one of the first 12 locations in the world to be designated as such in 1978. The name is a corruption of its original Dutch language, Dutch name Goeree, named after the Dutch island of Goeree-Overflakkee, Goeree. The island was also known as Palma, or in Portuguese. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
École Normale Supérieure William Ponty
École William Ponty was a government teachers' college in French West Africa, in what is now Senegal. The school is now in Kolda, Senegal, where it is currently known as École de formation d’instituteurs William Ponty. It is associated with the French university :fr:Institut universitaire de formation des maîtres, IUFM at Livry-Gargan (France). Notable alumni Many of the school's graduates would one day lead the struggle for independence from France, including Félix Houphouët-Boigny and Bernard Binlin Dadié of Côte d'Ivoire, Modibo Keïta of Mali, Hamani Diori and Boubou Hama of Niger, Yacine Diallo of Guinea, Hubert Maga of Benin, Benin (Dahomey), Mamadou Dia of Senegal and Maurice Yaméogo and Daniel Ouezzin Coulibaly of Burkina Faso, Burkina Faso (Upper Volta).Abou Abel Thiam'"Retour à William-Ponty"in ''Jeune Afrique'', 7 Sept. 2003 :fr:André Davesne, André Davesne, author of children's books like ''Mamadou et Bineta apprennent à lire et à écrire'', and André De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazzaville
Brazzaville () is the capital (political), capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo. Administratively, it is a Departments of the Republic of the Congo, department and a Communes of the Republic of the Congo, commune. Constituting the financial and administrative centre of the country, it is located on the north side of the Congo River, opposite Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo). The population of the capital is estimated to exceed 2.1 million residents, comprising more than a third of the national populace. Some 40% are employed in non-agricultural professions. During World War II, Brazzaville served as the de facto capital of Free France between 1940 and 1942. In 2013, Brazzaville was designated a City of Music (UNESCO), City of Music by UNESCO; since then it has also been a member of the Creative Cities Network. Toponymy The prefix "Brazza" comes from the surname of the Italian count Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, who wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
