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Ndaté Yalla's father Amar Fatim Borso belonged to the Joos Maternal Dynasty, which was one of the reigning Houses of Waalo at the time. The kingdom was ruled by the Mbodj (or Mbooj) paternal dynasty — direct paternal descendants of Barka Bo, the first Brak of Waalo and maternal half-brother of Ndiadiane Ndiaye, founder of the Jolof Empire.
Senegal's economic and political capital is Dakar. Senegal is the westernmost country in the mainland of the Old World, or Afro-Eurasia. [14] It owes its name to the Senegal River, which borders it to the east and north. [15] The climate is typically Sahelian, though there is a rainy season. Senegal covers a land area of almost 197,000 square ...
Shammuramat (Akkadian: Sammu-rāmat or Sammu-ramāt), [4] [c] also known as Sammuramat or Shamiram and Semiramis, [5] was a powerful queen of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.Beginning her career as the primary consort [d] of the king Shamshi-Adad V (r.
Tirailleur from the Bambara people (Mali) (engraving, 1890). The Senegalese Tirailleurs were formed in 1857 by Louis Faidherbe, Governor-General of French West Africa, because he lacked sufficient French troops to control the territory and meet other requirements of the first phase of colonization.
They married on 9 September 1946 and divorced in 1955. They had two sons, Francis in 1947 and Guy in 1948. His second wife, Colette Hubert [fr] (20 November 1925 – 18 November 2019), [49] who was from France, became Senegal's first First Lady upon independence in 1960. Senghor had three sons between his two marriages. [48]
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The Kingdom of Saloum (Serer: Saluum or Saalum) was a Serer kingdom in present-day Senegal and parts of Gambia.The precolonial capital was the city of Kahone.Its history, geography and culture was intricately linked with the sister state, the Kingdom of Sine, and it was common to refer to them as the Sine-Saloum or the Serer Kingdoms.
Fencer - SENEGAL fencer: 1984-11-04 Q65547721: 1 Fatou Diabaye: Date of Birth: 2 JAN 1985, Gender: female, Country: Senegal athletics competitor: 1985-01-02 Q98400539: 2 Marianne Ndiaye: Senegalese kyokushin karateka: 1985-03-01 2016-02-23 Dakar: Q95149355: 1 Nimétigna Keïta: French-Senegalese handball player handball player: 1985-03-29 ...