Yayi Boni

Yayi Boni

male, 57 years old
Dr. Thomas Yayi Boni (born 1952), a Beninois banker and politician, is the current President of Benin. He took office on 6 April 2006 after winning...
Mc Solaar

Mc Solaar

male, 40 years old
MC Solaar is the stage name of francophone hip hop and rap artist Claude M'Barali (born March 5, 1969 in Dakar, Senegal to parents from Chad)....
Souleymane Diawara

Souleymane Diawara

male, 31 years old
Souleymane Diawara is a Senegalese footballer who plays as a defender for Charlton Athletic in the English Premiership as well as for the Senegal...
Achille Mbembe

Achille Mbembe

male
Achille Mbembe was born in Cameroon in 1957. He obtained his Ph. D. in History at the University of Sorbonne in Paris, France, in 1989. He...
Ibrahima Sonko

Ibrahima Sonko

male, 28 years old
Ibrahima Sonko (born 22 January, 1981 in Bignona, Ziguinchor, Senegal) is a professional footballer. He currently plays in central defence for...
Mamadou Diallo

Mamadou Diallo

male, 38 years old
Mamadou Diallo (b. August 21, 1971 in Dakar) is a Senegalese soccer player, currently playing for Djoliba AC Bamako as a striker.
Mamadou Dia

Mamadou Dia

male, 99 years old
Mamadou Dia was the first prime minister of Senegal. Educated at École William Ponty, Dia was a radical socialist whose policies contrasted s...

Ismaël Lô

male, 53 years old
Ismaël Lô is a Senegalese musician. He was born in Dongo Buti in Niger on 30 August 1956 to a Senegalese father and a Nigerien mother. Shortly af...
Mariama Ba

Mariama Ba

female, deceased (1981)
Mariama Bâ was a Senegalese author and feminist, who wrote in French. Born in Dakar, she was raised a Muslim, but at an early age came to c...
Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi

Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi

male, 71 years old
Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi (born 1938) is a Mauritanian politician. He won the March 2007 presidential election and took office on 19 April...