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Cissé (surname)
Cissé is a common West African name of soninke people, Soninke origin, and the meaning of Cissé is the white horse in the same language. Cahiers d'études africaines 2006 "Le nom Cissé au Mali fait partie des noms de famille maraboutiques, tout comme Touré que l'on retrouve en milieu peul, soninké, songhai et malinké." ("The name Cissé in Mali is one of a number of family names of marabout lineage, just as one finds Touré among the Fulani, Soninke, Songhai, and Mandinka.") Notable people with the surname include: Sports * Abdoulaye Cissé (footballer, born 1983), Abdoulaye Cissé (b. 1983), Burkinabé footballer * Aboubacar Cissé (b. 1969), Ivorian footballer * Aliou Cissé (b. 1976), Senegalese footballer and coach * Amadou Cissé (footballer), Amadou Cissé (b. 1985), French-Guinean footballer * Babacar Cissé (b. 1975), Senegalese basketball player * Brahima Cissé (b. 1976), Burkinabé footballer * Djibril Cissé (b. 1981), French footballer * Édouard Cissé (b. 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Africa
West Africa, also known as Western Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations geoscheme for Africa#Western Africa, United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo, as well as Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom Overseas Territories, United Kingdom Overseas Territory).Paul R. Masson, Catherine Anne Pattillo, "Monetary union in West Africa (ECOWAS): is it desirable and how could it be achieved?" (Introduction). International Monetary Fund, 2001. The population of West Africa is estimated at around million people as of , and at 381,981,000 as of 2017, of which 189,672,000 were female and 192,309,000 male.United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2017). World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision, custom data acquired via webs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papiss Cissé
Papiss Demba Cissé (; born 3 June 1985) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for UAE Third Division League side Al Qabila. Formerly of SC Freiburg, he once held the record of most goals scored by an African player in a single Bundesliga campaign – 22 in the 2010–11 season. A full international for Senegal from 2009 to 2015, Cissé represented the country at the 2012 and 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. Club career Early career Cissé began his career with Génération Foot and Douanes Dakar before transferring to the French side Metz in summer 2005. After only one month during the 2005–06 season, he left Metz and was loaned to French side Cherbourg. During the season, Cissé played 26 matches and scored 11 goals for the Normandy club. After the season, Cissé returned to Metz for a further two years before being loaned again to Châteauroux in January 2008 and before returning to Metz in July 2008 for a third stint. SC Freiburg Cissé s ... [...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 * Jesper Ceesay (born 2003), 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 (born 1984), Gambian footballer *Alhaji Yaya Ceesay Hajji (; sometimes spelled Hajjeh, Hadji, Haji, Alhaji, Al-Hadj, Al-Haj or El-Hajj) is an honorific title which is given to a Musl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cisse (other)
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Cisse may refer to: * Cisse (river), a river flowing into the Loire at Vouvray, France * Cisse, Poland, a Polish village * Cisse Cameron, American actress (''Space Mutiny'') * ''Cisse'', a snout moth genus nowadays considered a junior synonym of '' Herculia'' Cissé may refer to * Cissé, Vienne, a French ''commune'' * Cissé (surname) Cissé is a common West African name of soninke people, Soninke origin, and the meaning of Cissé is the white horse in the same language. Cahiers d'études africaines 2006 "Le nom Cissé au Mali fait partie des noms de famille maraboutiques, tout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soumaïla Cissé
Soumaïla Cissé (20 December 1949 – 25 December 2020) was a Malian politician who served in the government of Mali as Minister of Finance from 1993 to 2000. He thrice stood unsuccessfully as a presidential candidate, in 2002, 2013 and 2018; on all three occasions he was defeated in a second round of voting. From 2014 until his death he was President of the Union for the Republic and Democracy, a political party. Life and career Born in Nianfuke, near Timbuktu, on 20 December 1949, Soumaïla Cissé studied at '' l'Institut des Sciences de l'Ingénieur de Montpellier'' in France to become a software engineer. He worked for several large French companies (IBM-France, le Groupe Pechiney, le Groupe Thomson and the aerospace company Air Inter) before returning to Mali in 1984 to work at the ''Compagnie malienne pour le développement du textile'' (CMDT). Following the creation of the Alliance for Democracy in Mali (''Alliance pour la démocratie au Mali - Parti africain pour la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Souleymane Cissé (film Director)
Souleymane Cissé (21 April 1940 – 19 February 2025) was a Malian film director, regarded as one of the first generation of African filmmakers. He was called "Africa's greatest living filmmaker" while his film '' Yeelen'' has been called "conceivably the greatest African film ever made". He was the first director from sub-Saharan Africa to receive an award, at the Cannes Film Festival in 1987, for “Yeelen”, he was awarded the Golden Coach in 2023. Life and career Born in Bamako and raised in a Muslim family, Souleymane Cissé was a passionate cinephile from childhood. He attended secondary school in Dakar and returned to Mali in 1960 after national independence. His film career began as an assistant projectionist for a documentary on the arrest of Patrice Lumumba. This triggered his desire to create films of his own, and he obtained a scholarship at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, the Moscow school of Cinema and Television. In 1970 he returned to Mali, and jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaykh Hassan Cissé
Sheikh ( , , , , ''shuyūkh'' ) is an honorific title in the Arabic language, literally meaning " elder". It commonly designates a tribal chief or a Muslim scholar. Though this title generally refers to men, there are also a small number of female sheikhs in history. The title ''Syeikha'' or ''Sheikha'' generally refers to women. In some countries, it is given as a surname to those of great knowledge in religious affairs, by a prestigious religious leader from a chain of Sufi scholars. The word is mentioned in the Qur'an in three places: verse 72 of Hud, 78 of Yusuf, and 23 of al-Qasas. A royal family member of the United Arab Emirates and some other Arab countries, also has this title, since the ruler of each emirate is also the sheikh of their tribe. Etymology and meaning The word in Arabic stems from a triliteral root connected with aging: , ''shīn-yā'-khā. The title carries the meaning leader, elder, or noble, especially in the Arabian Peninsula within the Tribes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massata Cissé
Massata Cissé (alternatively spelled Maïssata; born 1961), nicknamed ''Mama Afrika'' (for the various countries on the African continent she has visited) is a woman from Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,87 ..., notable for being the first female truck driver in West Africa, driving since 1981. She gained media attention in the late 2010s and early 2020s in french-language news outlets and currently works for a logistics company named ''Kanis Logistic.'' Cissé is considered a pioneer and advocate for woman's rights, especially in the muslim world and personally thanks her parents for her fighting spirit. In 2017, she was awarded the ''Trophée international de la Femme Active d’Afrique'' (TIFAA). She has grand-children and a sister, Aminata Cissé. Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madjiguène Cissé
Madjiguène Cissé (26 September 1951 – 15 May 2023) was a Senegalese activist who was the spokeswoman of the undocumented immigrants movement and founder of the Women's Network for Sustainable Development in Africa. Biography Cissé was born in Dakar. Her parents were illiterate when they moved from the countryside to Dakar. Her ambitious and progressive father learned to read and got his driving license. At his request, Cissé started attending school in 1958. In 1968, she took part in demonstrations. After she obtained the ''Baccalauréat'', she started her German studies. In 1974, she was granted a two-year scholarship to study in Saarbrücken, Germany. Cissé subsequently went back to Dakar and worked as a German teacher in a high school. In 1993, as a mother of three, she stayed in Paris for her daughter's studies. Although she had a legal residence permit, she discovered and joined the undocumented workers movement in March 1996 and became one of its spokespeople. In 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inna Sissoko Cissé
Moussoumakan "Inna" Sissoko Cissé, (née Sissoko, December 11, 1933 in Macina, Mali), is a Malian politician, nurse, and social worker who served as Secretary of State for Social Affairs (''secrétaire d’Etat aux Affaires sociales'') from 1968 to 1972. She was the first woman to be a member of Government of Mali, Mali's government. Biography Inna Sissoko was born into a family of teachers. She went to school in Ségou and Bamako. In 1953, she began working as an assistant teacher. She then studied nursing from 1957 to 1959 in Dakar. In 1959, she moved to Paris and worked as a social worker until 1962, then became a teacher of social work. She attended the University of Paris and graduated in 1967 with a degree in social sciences. Although Sissoko did not belong to the governing party, Sudanese Union – African Democratic Rally, she was selected as Secretary of State for Social Affairs after the 1968 Malian coup d'état, making her Mali's first female member of government. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boubou Cissé
Boubou Cissé (born 1974) is a Malian politician who was the Prime Minister of Mali from April 2019 to his resignation following the 2020 Malian coup d'état in August 2020. He was also the Minister of Economy and Finance and Minister of Mines and Industry. Early life Boubou Cissé a Fulani tribe earned a master's degree from the University of Auvergne and a PhD in economics from Aix-Marseille University. Career Cissé began his career as an economist for the World Bank in Washington, D.C., US in 2005. In 2008, he was promoted to Senior Economist of its Human Development Division. He later worked in Nigeria and Niger as a resident representative for the World Bank. Cissé was appointed the Malian Prime Minister in 2019 after the resignation of Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga and his government. He was Minister of Industry and Mines in 2013, the Minister of Mines in April 2014, and the Minister of Economy and Finance since 2016. On 18 August 2020, Cissé along with the President I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amadou Cissé
Amadou Boubacar Cissé (born 29 June 1948 , ''Afrique Express'', December 21, 1996 .) is a ien politician. He served as the on two occasions, from 8 to 21 February 1995 and again from 21 December 1996 to 27 November 1997. He has led a political party, the Union for Democracy and the Republic (UDR-Tabbat) since 1999. He was appointed as Minister of State for Planning in 2011. Political c ...
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