Africa – Senegal
Global African History as the Linchpin for Understanding 300,000 Years of Global History
Alvin Finkel is professor emeritus of history at Athabasca University in Alberta, Canada. A longtime specialist in labor history, he...
Islam Is Introduced into West Africa (750 CE)
Islam was founded by the Prophet Muhammad in 610 CE in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Muhammad spread Islam throughout the Arabian...
Mboka Mwilambwe (1970- )
Mboka Mwilambwe, born 1970 in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was elected as the first African...
Jeanne Martin Cissé (1926-2017)
Jeanne Martin Cissé was a Guinean teacher and nationalist politician. Cissé was born on April 6, 1926 to Darricau Martin...
Nora Holt (1885–1974)
Nora Holt was an important figure in the history of Black music in Chicago in the 1930s and was a...
Lisa D. Cook (1964- )
Dr. Lisa DeNell Cook is an economist and a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. She is the...
Adama Barrow (1965- )
Adama Barrow is a Gambian politician and real estate developer who is the third and current president of Gambia. Barrow...
Mohamed Bazoum (1960- )
Mohamed Bazoum was sworn in as the president of Niger on April 2, 2021. Bazoum was born on January 1,...
Macky Sall (1961- )
Macky Sall, the fourth and current president of Senegal, was born on December 1, 1961, in Fatick, Senegal to Amadou...
