Africa – Niger
Mahamadou “Zaki” Issoufou (1952- )
Mahamadou “Zaki” Issoufou, a Hausa mining engineer, was born on New Year’s Day, January 1, 1952, in Dan Daji, French...
Mohamed Bazoum
(1960- )
Mohamed Bazoum was sworn in as the president of Niger on April 2, 2021. Bazoum was born on January 1,...
Modibo Keita (1915-1977)
Modibo Keita, the first President of Mali, was born on June 4, 1915, in Bamako-Coura, Upper Senegal and Niger (current...
Hamani Diori (1916-1989)
Hamani Diori was the first President of Niger. He was born June 6, 1916, in Soudoure, Niger, French West Africa....
Sundiata Keita (1210?-1255?)
Sundiata (Sunjata) Keita was a West African political leader who would become the founder and first ruler of the Mali Empire in medieval West Africa....
La David Terrence Johnson (1992-2017)
La David Terrence Johnson was an African American Army Sergeant, vehicle mechanic, and father who was killed in the Tongo Tongo...
C. Payne Lucas (1933– )
C. Payne Lucas, who co-founded Africare in 1970, established the most prominent and oldest predominately African American non-governmental organization (NGO)....
Cynthia Helen Akuetteh (1948- )
In 2014, Cynthia Akuetteh, career Senior Foreign Service officer, was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as ambassador to...
Tulinabo Salama Mushingi (1957 – )
Dr. Tulinabo S. Mushingi was the U.S. Ambassador to the West African nation of Burkina Faso. After nomination by President...
