Africa – Senegal
Mboka Mwilambwe (1970- )
Mboka Mwilambwe, born 1970 in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was elected as the first African...
Jeanne Martin Cissé (1926-2017)
Jeanne Martin Cissé was a Guinean teacher and nationalist politician. Cissé was born on April 6, 1926 to Darricau Martin...
Nora Holt (1885–1974)
Nora Holt was an important figure in the history of Black music in Chicago in the 1930s and was a...
Lisa D. Cook (1964- )
Dr. Lisa DeNell Cook is an economist and a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. She is the...
Mohamed Bazoum
(1960- )
Mohamed Bazoum was sworn in as the president of Niger on April 2, 2021. Bazoum was born on January 1,...
Macky Sall (1961- )
Macky Sall, the fourth and current president of Senegal, was born on December 1, 1961, in Fatick, Senegal to Amadou...
Mamady Doumbouya (1980- )
On October 1, 2021, Mamady Doumbouya was sworn in as the interim president of Guinea. This was after the former...
Moktar Ould Daddah (1924-2003)
Moktar Ould Daddah was the first president of independent Mauritania. He was born on December 25, 1924, at Boutilimit, Mauritania,...
Dawda Kairaba Jawara (1924-2019)
Dawda (David) Jawara was the first Head of State of independent Gambia. He was born on May 16, 1924, at...
