Ahmed Sékou Touré, the first President of the independent Republic of the Guinea Conakry from 1958 to 1984, imposed a Marxist-inspired and pan-Africanist policy. He believes that Africa has lost so much during colonisation and that it should retaliate by cutting ties with former colonial countries. As a figure of the pan-Africanist movement, he still […]

Rosa Louise Mccauley Parks, an American woman, was an emblematic figure of the fight against racial segregation in the United States. In 1943, Rosa Parks joined the American Civil Rights Movement for which she worked as a secretary until 1957. On 1 December 1955, in the city of Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks who was sitting […]

Amy Mbacké Thiam, born on 10 November 1976, is a Senegalese athlete, practicing the 400 meters. Extremely gifted, she joined the senior international under the supervision of CIAD (Dakar International Athletics Centre). In 2001, she became the first athlete from her country to win a gold medal over this distance. Three months later, she won […]

Sidi Mohammed, or Sidi Mohammed ben Youssef, born on 10 August 1909 in Fez and who died on 26 February 1961 in Rabat, is the Sultan of the Cherifian Empire (1927-1957) and, following the independence of the kingdom in 1956, he became the King of Morocco (1957-1961) under the name of Mohammed V. This Alaouite […]

Pele, whose real name was Edson Arantes do Nascimento, was born in Brazil on the 23rd October 1940, he is considered to be one of the greatest football players of all times. A major figure in football and frequently presented as the best player in history, he is the only footballer who has been champion […]

Congolese statesman, first Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Republic of Congo from 1960 to 1964), Patrice Lumbumba was one of the main figures of the independence of the Belgian Congo. On Independence Day he spoke out against the colonial authorities, denouncing in a virulent manner colonialism and its crimes, and by presenting […]

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela « Madiba », was a politician, one of the most important historical leaders of the struggle against the apartheid political system before becoming President of the Republic of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, following the first non-racial national elections in the country’s history. All his life has revolved around the fight against racial […]

Nawal El Saadawi, a major figure of Egyptian and Arab feminism, was born on 27th October 1930 in Kafr Talha. Novelist and human rights activist, she is a also a psychiatry physician who graduated from the University of Cairo in 1954, then from Columbia University in 1966. She was soon to pay the price for […]

Nawal El Moutawakel, born on 15 April 1962 in Casablanca, is an Moroccan female athlete who made history in 1984 as the first Arab, African and Muslim female to win a gold medal in the first 400m hurdles women in the history of the Olympic Games. Her University studies in the United States led her […]

Mongo Beti is, undoubtedly, one of the most prolific and most renowned writer in Cameroon. Famous novelist, born under the name of Alexandre Biyidi Awala, he was also a committed essayist, teacher, bookseller and publisher. In 1953, he published the short story « Sans haine et sans amour » in the magazine Présence Africaine. From 1958 onwards, […]