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Aminata Dramane Traoré
Aminata is a given name. People with this name include: * Aminata Barrow (born 2004), Gambian swimmer * Aminata Diaw (1959–2017), Senegalese academic and political philosopher * Aminata Maïga Ka (born 1940), Senegalese writer * Aminata Mbengue Ndiaye, member of the Pan-African Parliament * Aminata Savadogo (born 1993), Latvian singer * Aminata Sow Fall (born 1941), Senegalese-born author * Aminata Traoré (other), multiple people * Allahoury Aminata Zourkaleini, Nigerien politician * Sidibé Aminata Diallo, Malian academic and politician {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aminata Barrow
Aminata (Amie) Nia-Maria Barrow (born 2 January 2004) is a Gambian competitive Swimming (sport), swimmer. She qualified to represent The Gambia at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Amie holds current national records in the 50, 100, and 200 meter breaststroke, and 200 meter individual medley. Biography Barrow was born in the United Kingdom; her father is from The Gambia and her mother is from Finland. Her family moved to the United States when she was age eight, settling in Shorewood, Wisconsin. She started swimming at age four and later began doing it competitively once she moved to the United States. She competed for Shorewood Swim Club under coach Dave Wesfahl and later at Shorewood High School (Wisconsin), Shorewood High School. At Shorewood, she was a top student-athlete and competed on the swim team for four years, helping the high school's team be runner-up at the 2020 state championships while Barrow won an individual state high school championship in 2021, in the 100-yard breast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aminata Diaw
Aminata Diaw Cissé (24 May 1959 – 14 April 2017) was a Senegalese lecturer and political philosopher who taught at the Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD). Influenced by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and her academia background, she wrote about citizenship, civil society, democracy, development, ethnicity, gender, globalisation, human rights, identity, nationality and the state in an African and Senegalese context by using a political insight. Diaw worked for the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Bellagio Study and Conference Center of the Rockfeller Foundation, National UNESCO Sub-Commission on Social Sciences and Humanities, West African Research Association, the National UNESCO Sub-Commission on Social Sciences and Humanities and the Philosophical and Epistemological Research Center of the Doctoral School Studies. Biography Diaw was born on 24 May 1959 in Saint-Louis, Senegal, the former capital of the country, and attended the local Lyceé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aminata Maïga Ka
Kehsna (11 January 1940 – 9 November 2005) was a Senegalese writer. She studied in several different nations, including the United States and France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ..., before becoming a writer in the 1980s. Her first work was ''La Voie du Salut'' and later works include ''En votre nom et au mien.'' Her writings discuss the lives and victimization of African women. References External links * 1940 births 2005 deaths Senegalese writers Senegalese women writers International Writing Program alumni Senegalese expatriates in France Senegalese expatriates in the United States Zarma-Songhai people {{Senegal-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aminata Mbengue Ndiaye
Aminata Mbengue Ndiaye is a Senegalese politician. In 2012, she was appointed Minister of Livestock and Animal Production in the government of Prime Minister Abdou Mbaye and from 2014 under the government of Prime Minister Mahammad Boun Abdallah Dionne until 5 April 2019, when she was named Minister of Fishery and Maritime Economy Ministre des Pêches et de l’Economie maritime. She also serves as mayor of Louga, and is currently chair of the women's movement of the Socialist Party of Senegal. Previously, Ndiaye served as Minister of Women, Children and the Family, as well as Minister of Social Development and National Solidarity under the presidency of Abdou Diouf. Ndiaye is a member of the Pan-African Parliament. Biography Born to El Hadj Ali Mbengue, a civil servant, in Louga, Senegal. Attended Lycée Ahmed Fall in Saint-Louis and later Lycée Kennedy before École normale d'enseignement technique and École national d’économie appliqué (ENEA). Member of the Senegales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aminata Savadogo
Aminata Savadogo (born 9 January 1993), occasionally known as simply Aminata, is a Latvian singer, songwriter, record producer, and model. She Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Love Injected". She released her debut studio album, ''Inner Voice'', in April 2015. Life and career 1993–2014: Early life and career Savadogo was born in Riga on 9 January 1993 to a mother of Latvian and Russians in Latvia, Russian descent, and a Burkina Faso, Burkinabe father. She considers herself primarily Latvian. She started singing at the age of 13 with private tutor Nadežda Buharova, graduated from the Bolderāja Music and Art School in Riga and secondary school with specialisation in flute. At age 15, she took part in the Latvian television show ''Krodziņā pie Paula'' and then also competed in ''Muzikālā banka'' at age 17. She also took part in ''Koru kari 3'', the Latvian version of ''Clash of the Choirs'' as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aminata Sow Fall
Aminata Sow Fall (born April 27, 1941) is a Senegalese-born author. While her native language is Wolof, her books are written in French. She is considered "the first published woman novelist from francophone Black Africa". Life She was born in Saint-Louis, Senegal, where she grew up before moving to Dakar to finish her secondary schooling. After this, she earned a degree in Modern Languages at the Sorbonne in Paris, France, and became a teacher upon returning to Senegal."Aminata Sow Fall" The University of Western Australia/French, 25 December 1995. She was a member of the Commission for Educational Reform responsible for the introduction of African literature into the French syllabus in Senegal, before becoming director of La Propriété littéraire (The Literary Property) in |
Allahoury Aminata Zourkaleini
Allahoury Aminata Zourkaleini is a Nigerien politician who served as the Minister for the Promotion of Women and the Protection of Children in Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou's government from April 2021 until her arrest during the 2023 Nigerien coup d'état On 26 July 2023, a coup d'état occurred in Niger when the country's presidential guard detained President Mohamed Bazoum, and Presidential Guard commander General Abdourahamane Tchiani proclaimed himself the leader of a new military junta, shor .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Zourkaleini, Allahoury Aminata Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) Women government ministers of Niger 21st-century Nigerien politicians Women's ministers of Niger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
