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Touré
Touré is the French transcription of a West African surname (English transcriptions are '' Turay'' and '' Touray''). The name is probably derived from ''tùùré'', the word for 'elephant' in Soninké, the language of the Ghana Empire. The clan existed as kings of Zaghari on the middle Niger Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is a unitary state Geography of Niger#Political geography, bordered by Libya to the Libya–Niger border, north-east, Chad to the Chad–Niger border, east ... before the Moroccan invasion of Ghana. A theory of their origin holds that the Touré are descended from the "Roum," pre-Arab North African soldiers, and local women.Massing, Andrew W., ''The Wangara, an old Soninke Diaspora in West Africa?'', Cahiers d’Études africaines, 158, XL-2, 2000, pp. 281-308, https://web.archive.org/web/20070628220805/http://etudesafricaines.revues.org/docannexe6104.html, accessed 11/30/2020 People Notable people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmed Sékou Touré
Ahmed Sékou Touré (var. Sheku Turay or Ture; N'Ko: ; 9 January 1922 – 26 March 1984) was a Guinean political leader and African statesman who was the first president of Guinea from 1958 until his death in 1984. Touré was among the primary Guinean nationalists involved in gaining independence of the country from France. He would later die in the United States in 1984. A devout Muslim from the Mandinka ethnic group, Sékou Touré was the great-grandson of the powerful Mandinka Muslim cleric Samori Ture who established an independent Islamic polity in part of West Africa. In 1960, he declared his Democratic Party of Guinea (''Parti démocratique de Guinée'', PDG) the only legal party in the state, and ruled from then on as a virtual dictator. He was re-elected unopposed to four seven-year terms in the absence of any legal opposition. Under his rule many people were killed, most notably at Camp Boiro. Childhood and family background Sékou Touré was born on 9 January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Touré (journalist)
Touré (born Touré Neblett; March 20, 1971) is an American writer, music journalist, cultural critic, podcaster, and television personality. He was a co-host of the TV show ''The Cycle (TV program), The Cycle'' on MSNBC. He was also a contributor to MSNBC's ''The Dylan Ratigan Show'', and the host of Fuse TV, Fuse's ''Hiphop Shop'' and ''On the Record''. He serves on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominating Committee. He taught a course on the history of hip-hop at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, part of the Tisch School of the Arts in New York. Touré is the author of several books, including ''The Portable Promised Land'' (2003), ''Soul City (novel), Soul City'' (2005), ''Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness? What It Means To Be Black Now'' (2011) and ''I Would Die 4 U: Why Prince (musician), Prince Became an Icon'' (2013). He is also a frequent contributor at The Daily Beast and TheGrio, The Grio. Early life Touré was born Touré Neblett in Boston on March 20, 1971.M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Farka Touré
Ali Ibrahim "Ali Farka" Touré (31 October 1939 – 6 March 2006) was a Malian singer and multi-instrumentalist, and one of the African continent's most internationally renowned musicians. His music blends traditional Malian music and its derivative, African American blues and is considered a pioneer of African desert blues. Touré was ranked number 76 on ''Rolling Stone''s list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and number 37 on ''Spin'' magazine's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Some years after his death, a group of musicians playing in his style performed as the Ali Farka Touré Allstars (2012), and later the Ali Farka Touré Band (formed 2014). Early life Touré was born in 1939 in the village of Kanau, on the banks of the Niger River in Gourma-Rharous Cercle in the northwestern Malian region of Tombouctou. His family belonged to the Songhai community and moved to the nearby village of Niafunké when he was still an infant. His father died serving i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amadou Toumani Touré
Amadou Toumani Touré (4 November 19489 November 2020), also popularly known in Mali by his initials ATT (), was a Malian politician. He supervised Mali's first multiparty elections as chairman of the transitional government (1991–1992), and later became the second democratically elected Heads of State of Mali, President of Mali (2002–2012). Touré was head of President Moussa Traoré's personal guard (and parachute regiment) when a popular revolution overthrew the regime in March 1991; Colonel Touré then arrested the President and led the revolution onward. He presided over a year-long military-civilian transition process that produced a new Constitution and multiparty elections, then handed power to Mali's first democratically elected president, Alpha Oumar Konaré, on 6 June 1992. Konaré promoted Touré to the rank of General. Ten years later, after retiring from the army, Touré entered politics as a civilian and won the 2002 Malian presidential election, 2002 president ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adama Touré (PAI General Secretary)
Adama Abdoulaye Touré (1936 – 26 October 2012) was a Burkinabé politician. Touré was a radical student activist and became a leading member of the communist African Independence Party (PAI), and would become the leader of the party in Burkina Faso. He was a teacher at a military academy and played a significant role in forming the ideological outlook of military leaders who would govern the country after the 1983 revolution. He served as Minister of Information in the revolutionary government 1983–1984, but was imprisoned after the split between PAI and the military. He was known by the nickname " Lénine". Youth Touré was born in 1936 in Kampti (today in Poni Province, then in Ivory Coast, French West Africa). He attended primary school from 1944 to 1950. He studied the Modern Colleges of Bobo-Dioulasso and Ouagadougou from 1951 to 1959, and obtained a baccalaureate degree. He was elected as the representative of the pupils at the Modern College of Bobo-Dioulasso in 1953 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clémentine Touré
Clémentine Touré (born 21 March 1977) is an Ivorian football manager and former footballer who coaches the Ivory Coast women's national football team. She has also previously coached Equatorial Guinea women's national football team. Personal life At elementary school, Touré decided she enjoyed playing football. Her father played professional football, and her two brothers played football, too. Touré has a degree in physical education. Playing career As a player, Touré played for a number of Ivorian clubs, as well as in Ghana, where she won three league titles. She made 22 appearances for the Ivory Coast women's national football team between 1995 and 2002. Coaching career Touré's coaching career began in 2004 as an assistant coach at Jeanne d'Arc Treichville. In 2006, she was appointed head coach of the Koumassi Amazons, with whom she won the Ivorian League. The press questioned her appointment as head coach, primarily due to her gender. In 2006, Touré moved to Equatori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almamy Touré
Almamy Touré (born 28 April 1996) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for 1. Rangers F.C. and the Mali national team. Club career Monaco Touré is a youth exponent from AS Monaco. He made his league debut on 20 February 2015 in a 1–0 away win against OGC Nice replacing Layvin Kurzawa after 35 minutes. Bernardo Silva scored the only goal of the game. He started his first game on 25 February 2015, during Monaco's surprise 3–1 victory against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. Touré signed a new four-year contract with Monaco on 19 May 2015. Eintracht Frankfurt On 31 January 2019, Touré joined Eintracht Frankfurt on a four-and-a-half-year deal. Toure struggled with injuries during the 2022–23 season, making just five starts. At the end of the 2023 season, Toure departed Eintracht Frankfurt and became a free agent. 1. FC Kaiserslautern On 15 November 2023, Touré joined 1. FC Kaiserslautern on a contract until the end of the season. Internati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmed Touré
Ahmed Touré (born 17 July 1987) is a Burkinabé professional footballer, who currently plays for the Congolese club AS Vita as a striker. He also holds Ivorian nationality. Career Asante Kotoko Touré began his career with Ivorian club Africa Sports National, before he signed with Ghanaian top–flight Glo Premier League club Asante Kotoko. KSC Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen On 31 August 2008, Touré signed for Belgian club K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen in the Belgium Jupiler League, and on 1 November 2008, Touré played his first match against R.A.E.C. Mons. CS Sfaxien In August 2010, Touré signed with Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club CS Sfaxien for the 2010–11 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 season. Asante Kotoko (return) In September 2011, Touré returned to the Ghanaian top–flight Glo Premier League for the 2011–12 Ghanaian Premier League season. ASEC Mimosas After a successful spell with Ghanaian outfit Bechem United, by scoring 13 goals for the clu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demba Touré
Pape Demba Armand Tourézé (born 31 December 1984) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a striker. He dropped the 'zé' part of his surname when he was 20, re-registering his name with FIFA as Demba Armand Touré. Club career Touré was born in Dakar, Senegal. He played at Olympique Lyonnais for the 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons, and was then loaned to Grasshopper Club Zürich for 2004–05 and 2005–ß6. Touré signed a -year contract with Astra Ploiești in November 2011. He left Astra Ploiești in December 2011 due to financial dispute with the club. Touré signed with Al-Oruba Dubai in January 2012 for only six months. On 27 December 2012, Toure signed with Maltese club Valletta F.C. On 4 July 2013, he signed a two-year contract with league rivals Birkirkara F.C. International career Touré was called up to the Senegal national team for the 2008 African Cup of Nations qualifying game against Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is a landlocked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bako Touré
Bassidiki Touré (7 December 1939 – 28 April 2001), commonly known as Bako Touré, was a Mali international football forward who played for clubs in Mali and France. Playing career Born in Bamako, Touré began playing club football for local sides ASPTT Bamako and Jeanne d'Arc de Bamako. In 1957, Touré moved to France and joined ASPTT Nice. He would soon play for Ligue 1 sides Olympique de Marseille, Toulouse FC and AS Nancy. After a spell playing in Ligue 2, he joined FC Nantes and would win Ligue 1 during 1965. Touré made several appearances for the senior Mali national football team The Mali national football team ( Bambara: '' Mali jamana ntolatantɔn'', ) represents Mali in men's international football and is governed by the Malian Football Federation. The team's nickname is Les Aigles. They represent the country at tou ... and participated in the 1972 African Cup of Nations finals, where Mali placed second. Personal life Touré is the father of French inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamadoun Touré
Hamadoun Ibrahim Touré (born September 3, 1953) of Mali was Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the specialized agency of the United Nations dedicated to information and communication technologies (ICTs), from 2007 to December 2014. He was re-elected for a second four-year term in 2010. Since 2007, he has worked to fulfil ITU's mandate to 'connect the world' and help achieve the Millennium Development Goals. He has also actively promoted the ITU Connect series of events, with the first one, Connect Africa, being held in Niger and Somalia, in 1997. Connect Africa raised US$55 million in investment pledges to improve Africa's telecommunication infrastructure over seven years. In the first two years, 1998 and 1999, US$22 million was invested in ICT infrastructure, mainly for mobile communications. He has also served on the International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats (IMPACT) International Advisory Board. In May 2011, Touré was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chérif Touré Mamam
Cherif-Touré Mamam (born 13 January 1978) is a Togolese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for the Togo national team. Club career During his time at Livingston, Touré wore number 91. This is said to be his lucky number from his childhood as he had a basketball shirt bearing that number. He also had "Sheriff" on the shirt but the Scottish Premier League ordered him to use his real name. His most memorable moment at Livingston was scoring twice in a 5–1 win at Motherwell in October 2002. Touré was in January 2005 on a trial with Norwegian club SK Brann, where he claimed that he was born in 1985 and that he had never played for any clubs in Europe, despite having previously played for the Scottish side Livingston where he was registered as born in 1981. One of Brann's players, Charlie Miller who had previously played for Dundee United, asked him if he was the same player as the one who used to play for Livingston, but Toure denied this. International ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
