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Moussa Tine
Moussa Tine (born 1953) is a Senegalese Contemporary art, contemporary painter and sculptor. He is part of the second generation of the Dakar School (), an art movement affiliated with ''Négritude''. Biography Moussa Tine was born on 10 March 1953, in Ndiane, in the Thiès Region, Senegal. His first job as a young boy was working as a ticket taker and announcer for car rapide (Senegalese mini buses). He started his pursuit of art in the 1970s by painting motifs and signs on the car rapide. Tine furthered his arts education and graduated in 1978 from the École Nationale des Beaux Arts (Senegal). His paintings have sculptural elements, and often contain discarded materials such as metal and wood. He was a founding member of ANAPS (Association of Visual Artists of Senegal). In 1992–1993, Tine's work was included in the traveling group exhibition of fifty Senegalese artists called, ''Dream, Myth, and Reality: Contemporary Art From Senegal'', sponsored by the National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thiès Region
Thiès (; ; Noon: ''Chess'') is the third largest city in Senegal with a population of 391,253 in 2023. It lies east of Dakar on the N2 road and at the junction of railway lines to Dakar, Bamako and St-Louis. It is the capital of Thiès Region and is a major industrial city. History Before colonization, the Thiès Plateau was a wooded frontier between the kingdoms of Cayor and Baol inhabited by the Serer-Noon, an ethnic sub-group of the Serer people. The Serer-Noon still inhabit the Thiès-Nones neighborhood of the south-west city today. They speak the Noon language, one of the Cangin languages. The village of Dianxene, belonging to the kingdom of Cayor, was founded on the strategically important plateau in the 17th century. In 1860, it had only 75 inhabitants. The French founded a military post there in 1864, becoming an important force in the city's development ever since. The Spiritans founded a mission there in the late 19th century to help protect the local populati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibrahima Kébé (painter)
Ibrahima Kébé (Kaolack, October 2, 1955 – Dakar, September 8, 2019) was a Senegalese Soninke painter. He lived until his death in Village des Arts de Dakar A village is a human settlement or Residential community, community, larger than a hamlet (place), hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located .... Biography Ibrahima Kébé was born in Kaolack, Senegal on October 2, 1955. He was of Sarakhol origin. Kébé studied at School of Fine Arts in Dakar. His art focused on everyday life, and he had exhibitions in Senegal, Belgium, and Germany. He was resident at the Village des Arts in Dakar. He died on September 8, 2019. Selection of work * Unequal sharing, 1982 *The cry of youth, 1983 * Research Notice, 1996 * Woman in power, 1997 * Swimmers, 1998 * Woman with balafon, 1999 * Grouping, 1999 * Affectivity, 1999 * Big family in black and white, 2002 * Grouping of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Senegalese People
File:1st century collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Jesus is crucified by Roman authorities in Judaea (17th century painting). Four different men (Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian) claim the title of Emperor within the span of a year; The Great Fire of Rome (18th-century painting) sees the destruction of two-thirds of the city, precipitating the empire's first persecution against Christians, who are blamed for the disaster; The Roman Colosseum is built and holds its inaugural games; Roman forces besiege Jerusalem during the First Jewish–Roman War (19th-century painting); The Trưng sisters lead a rebellion against the Chinese Han dynasty (anachronistic depiction); Boudica, queen of the British Iceni leads a rebellion against Rome (19th-century statue); Knife-shaped coin of the Xin dynasty., 335px rect 30 30 737 1077 Crucifixion of Jesus rect 767 30 1815 1077 Year of the Four Emperors rect 1846 30 3223 1077 Great Fire of Rome rect 30 1108 1106 2155 Boudican revolt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1953 Births
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World Festival Of Black Arts
The World Festival of Black Arts (French: ''Festival Mondial des Arts Nègres''), also known as FESMAN or FMAN, has been a series of month-long culture and arts festivals taking place in various parts of Africa. The festival features participants of cultural expression – arts, literature, music, cinema – from around the African Diaspora. First World Festival of Negro Arts – Dakar, 1966 The festivals were planned as Pan-African celebrations and ranged in content from debate to performance — particularly dance and theatre. The filmmaker William Greaves made a 40-minute documentary of the event entitled ''The First World Festival of Negro Arts'' (1968). Italian journalist Sergio Borelli produced ''Il Festival de Dakar'' (1966) a 50-minute documentary for RAI. Senegalese director Paulin Soumanou Vieyra also produced the documentary ''Le Sénégal au festival national des arts nègres'' (1966). Directors from the USSR, Irina Venzher and Leonid Makhnach, produced the Russi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Senegalese Artists
The following list of Senegalese artists (in alphabetical order by last name) includes artists of various genres, who are notable and are either born in Senegal, of Senegalese descent or who produce works that are primarily about Senegal. B * Amadou Ba (born 1945) painter * Seydou Barry (1943–2007) painter * Joëlle le Bussy Fal (born 1958) sculptor, art dealer, curator C * Seni Awa Camara (born c. 1945) Jola sculptor D * Alioune Diagne (born 1985) Franco-Senegalese contemporary artist * Delphine Diallo (born 1977) French–born photographer of Senegalese descent, living in Brooklyn, New York, United States * Sea Diallo (1958–2025) painter, plastic artist * Viyé Diba (born 1954) mixed-media artist, installation artist, performance artist * Omar Victor Diop (born 1980) photographer * Ndoye Douts (1973–2023), also known as Mohamadou Ndoye, painter F * Abdala Faye (born 1971) mixed-media artist G * Anta Germaine Gaye (born 1953) painter, sculptor * La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlottesville, Virginia
Charlottesville, colloquially known as C'ville, is an independent city (United States), independent city in Virginia, United States. It is the county seat, seat of government of Albemarle County, Virginia, Albemarle County, which surrounds the city, though the two are separate legal entities. It is named after Queen Charlotte. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city's population was 46,553. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the City of Charlottesville with Albemarle County for statistical purposes, bringing its population to approximately 160,000. Charlottesville is the heart of the Charlottesville metropolitan area, which includes Albemarle, Fluvanna County, Virginia, Fluvanna, Greene County, Virginia, Greene, and Nelson County, Virginia, Nelson counties. Charlottesville was the home of two President of the United States, U.S. presidents, Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe. During their terms as Governor of Virginia, Governors of Virginia, they lived in C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Virginia
The University of Virginia (UVA) is a Public university#United States, public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson and contains his The Lawn, Academical Village, a World Heritage Site, UNESCO World Heritage Site. The original governing Board of Visitors included three List of presidents of the United States, U.S. presidents: Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe, the latter as sitting president of the United States at the time of its foundation. As its first two Rector (academia)#United States, rectors, Presidents Jefferson and Madison played key roles in the university's foundation, with Jefferson designing both the #1800s, original courses of study and the university's #Academical Village, architecture. Located within its 1,135-acre central campus, the university is composed of eight undergraduate and three professional schools: the University of Virginia School of Law, School of Law, the University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte ( ) is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the county seat of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making Charlotte the List of United States cities by population, 14th-most populous city in the United States, the seventh-most populous city in Southern United States, the South, and the second-most populous city in the Southeastern United States, Southeast behind Jacksonville, Florida. Charlotte is the cultural, economic, and transportation center of the Charlotte metropolitan area, whose estimated 2023 population of 2,805,115 ranked Metropolitan statistical area, 22nd in the United States. The Charlotte metropolitan area is part of an 18-county market region and combined statistical area with an estimated population of 3,387,115 as of 2023. Between 2004 and 2014, Charlotte was among the country's fastest-grow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvey B
Harvey, Harveys or Harvey's may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Harvey'' (play), a 1944 play by Mary Chase about a man befriended by an invisible anthropomorphic rabbit * Harvey Awards ("Harveys"), one of the most important awards in American comic industry, founded in 1988 * "Harvey", a song by Her's off the album ''Invitation to Her's'', 2018 Films * ''Harvey'' (1950 film), a 1950 film adapted from Mary Chase's play, starring James Stewart * ''Harvey'' (1996 film), a 1996 American made-for-television remake of the 1950 film * ''Harvey'' (2023 film), a Canadian animated short film * ''Harvey'' (Hallmark), a 1972 adaptation of Mary Chase's play for the ''Hallmark Hall of Fame'' Characters * Harvey (''Farscape''), a character in the TV show ''Farscape'' * Harvey, a crane engine in ''Thomas & Friends'' * Harvey Beaks, in the Nickelodeon animated series '' Harvey Beaks'' * Harvey Birdman, title character from the teen-adult animated series ''Harvey Birdman, A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
