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Dakar School
The Dakar School () is an art movement in Senegal at the dawn of independence, between 1960 and 1974. It was supported by the first Senegalese President Léopold Sédar Senghor, and worked within the framework of the larger cultural movement of Négritude from the 1930s. The three teachers that were the foundering members of this art movement included Papa Ibra Tall, Iba N'Diaye, and Pierre Lods. History Senegalese President Léopold Sédar Senghor was the first art critic of French-speaking Black Africa, which started with his first publication on the matter in 1956. In his early years of office starting in 1960, Senghor created the Grand National Theater of Dakar (), the (), and the École Nationale des Beaux Arts (Senegal), École Nationale des Beaux Arts (it merged in 1995 and now ) in Dakar. Under the paternalism of Senghor, the Dakar School was formed in September 1960 and its approach aimed to form a globalized contemporary art in Senegal. It had retrofitted the ideas f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Négritude
''Négritude'' (from French "nègre" and "-itude" to denote a condition that can be translated as "Blackness") is a framework of critique and literary theory, mainly developed by francophone intellectuals, writers, and politicians in the African diaspora during the 1930s, aimed at raising and cultivating "black consciousness" across Africa and its diaspora. Négritude gathers writers such as sisters Paulette and Jeanne Nardal (known for having laid the theoretical basis of the movement), Martinican poet Aimé Césaire, Abdoulaye Sadji, Léopold Sédar Senghor (the first President of Senegal), and Léon Damas of French Guiana. ''Négritude'' intellectuals disavowed colonialism, racism and Eurocentrism. They promoted African culture within a framework of persistent Franco-African ties. The intellectuals employed Marxist political philosophy, in the black radical tradition. The writers drew heavily on a surrealist literary style, and some say they were also influenced somew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seydou Barry
Seydou Barry (1943 – 2007) was a Senegalese painter. He is part of the artistic movement called the Dakar School (), affiliated with ''Négritude ''Négritude'' (from French "nègre" and "-itude" to denote a condition that can be translated as "Blackness") is a framework of critique and literary theory, mainly developed by francophone intellectuals, writers, and politicians in the Africa ...''. Biography Seydou Barry was born in 1943, in Thilogne in the Matam Region of Senegal. He attended the École Nationale des Beaux Arts in Dakar to study painting, and worked under artist Papa Ibra Tall. In 1963, Barry started exhibiting his own paintings. Barry worked at the National Tapestry Manufacturers in Thiès () as a painter and cartoonist, from 1961 to 1965. His works and those of his co-workers were made into tapestries in 1975, entitled ''N'Danaane''. Barry died on 21 August 2007, in Dakar. A posthumous solo retrospective of thirty-five of his works, ''Seydou Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibrahima Diouf
Ibrahima is a male given name, a form of Ibrahim common in parts of Western Africa. Notable people with the name include: * Ibrahima Aya (born 1967), Malian writer * Ibrahima Maiga (born 1984), Burkinabe, activist and journalist. * Ibrahima Bakayoko (born 1976), Ivorian footballer * Ibrahima Bangoura (born 1982), Guinean footballer * Ibrahima Camara (born 1985), Guinean footballer * Ibrahima Baldé (born 1989), Senegalese footballer * Ibrahima Faye (born 1979), Senegalese footballer * Ibrahima Fofana (other) * Ibrahima Gueye (born 1978), Senegalese footballer * Ibrahima (footballer) (Ibrahima Kalil Guirassy) (born 1998), French footballer * Ibrahima Kassory Fofana (born 1954), former Guinean politician * Ibrahima Konaté (born 1999), French football player * Ibrahima Moctar Sarr (born 1949), Mauritanian journalist and politician * Ibrahima N'Diaye (1948-2025), Malian politician * Ibrahima Sanoh (born 1994), Guinean footballer * Ibrahima Sonko (born 1981), Senegales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibou Diouf
Ibou is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Ibrahim "Ibou" Ba (born 1973), French footballer *Ibou Badji (born 2002), Senegalese basketball player *Ibou Cissé (born 1996), French footballer *Ibou Faye (1969–2025), Senegalese athlete *Papa Ibou Kébé Papa Ibou Kébé (born 10 December 1989) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward. Career Papa Ibou Kébé started his senior career with ASPV Strasbourg in 2010. In 2019, he signed for Hanoi in the Vietnamese V.League 1, w ... (born 1989), French footballer * Ebrahima "Ibou" Sawaneh (born 1986), Gambian footballer * Ibou Touray (born 1994), Gambian footballer {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daouda Diouck
Daouda is a given name. Notable people with the name include: ;Surname *Abdou Daouda, member of the National Assembly of Niger and government Minister *Kamilou Daouda (born 1987), Nigerien footballer * Kassaly Daouda (born 1983), Nigerien footballer * Mariko Daouda (born 1981), Ivorian footballer ;Given name * Daouda Badarou (born 1929), Beninese politician *Daouda Compaoré (born 1973), Burkinabé football player *David Daouda Coulibaly (born 1978), Malian football player * Daouda Diakité (born 1983), Burkinabé football goalkeeper *Daouda Diémé (born 1989), Senegalese footballer *Daouda Jabi (born 1981), Guinean footballer *Daouda Kanté (born 1978), Malian football (soccer) defender *Daouda Karaboué (born 1975), French handball player, Olympic gold medallist *Daouda Marté, Nigerien politician *Daouda Sow (boxer) (born 1983), amateur boxer from France *Daouda Sow (politician) (1933–2009), Senegalese politician and legislator *Daouda Malam Wanké (1946–2004), military and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Google Books
Google Books (previously known as Google Book Search, Google Print, and by its code-name Project Ocean) is a service from Google that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition (OCR), and stored in its digital database.The basic Google book link is found at: https://books.google.com/ . The "advanced" interface allowing more specific searches is found at: https://books.google.com/advanced_book_search Books are provided either by publishers and authors through the Google Books Partner Program, or by Google's library partners through the Library Project. Additionally, Google has partnered with a number of magazine publishers to digitize their archives. The Publisher Program was first known as Google Print when it was introduced at the Frankfurt Book Fair in October 2004. The Google Books Library Project, which scans works in the collections of library partners and adds them to the digital inventory, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bocar Pathé Diong
The Bocar was a company based in Lakewood, Colorado that produced a limited number of custom sports cars between 1957–1961. Development The Bocar was a series of limited-production two-seaters, developed by Bob Carnes in Lakewood, Colorado. Starting in his own garage, Carnes followed an evolutionary trail from a single, experimental X-1 in 1958. This was followed by X-2 and X-3 examples and about five XP-4s. Early models had a wheelbase, Jaguar wire wheels, and Girling drum brakes. The first real production cars, begun in mid-1959 were the XP-5s, on the same wheelbase. The Bocar XP-5 had a glass-reinforced polyester body surrounding a welded moly-tube space frame. Up front was a beefed-up Volkswagen rear suspension. Power customarily came from a 283-cid Corvette V8 engine, producing at 6200 rpm. A small number of XP-5s were sold with Triumph frames, typically keeping their original suspension and brakes. The Bocar was only tall, with a four-inch (102 mm) windshield. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bacary Diame
Bacary Sagna (born 14 February 1983) is a French former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Sagna's former manager at Arsenal, Arsène Wenger, once described him as the best right-back in the Premier League. In addition to him regularly featuring as a wing-back, he played as a centre-back for Arsenal on several occasions. Sagna began his career at Auxerre, before being transferred to Arsenal for £7 million in 2007. In 2014, shortly after winning the FA Cup, his first trophy at the club, he made a move to Manchester City. A French international from 2007 to 2016, Sagna played at the 2010 and 2014 editions of the FIFA World Cup, in addition to UEFA Euro 2016 at home. Club career Sens Sagna started his career at FC Sens. He played for their youth team until 1998. Auxerre In 1998, he moved to AJ Auxerre's youth team. Eventually, he was promoted to the first team and he made 87 Ligue 1 appearances for them. He was part of the squad that won the Coupe de France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sea Diallo
Sea Diallo (26 July 1958 – 2 February 2025) was a Senegalese artist. He practiced a wide array of arts, including painting, reverse glass painting, ceramics, sculpture, photography, engraving, and poetry. Alongside and Anta Germaine Gaye, Diallo was part of the second generation of the Dakar School art movement. He was a resident of the . Diallo died in Dakar on 2 February 2025, at the age of 66. Works *''Pollution'' (reverse glass painting Reverse painting on glass is an art form consisting of applying paint to a piece of glass and then viewing the image by turning the glass over and looking through the glass at the image. Another term used to refer to the art of cold painting and ..., or sous verre) *''Réchauffement des fonds sous-marins'' (reverse glass painting, or sous verre) *''Attitude - Rêverie'' (reverse glass painting, or sous verre) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Diallo, Sea 1958 births 2025 deaths 20th-century Senegalese people 21st-century Senegalese pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
