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On 17 August 1946, Bâ founded an ephemeral political party, the [[African Autonomist Movement]] (MAA) in Dakar.<ref>Hélène d'Almeida-Topor, ''Les jeunes en Afrique'', vol. 2, L'Harmattan, 1992, p. 59, {{ISBN|9782738416582}}.</ref>
On 17 August 1946, Bâ founded an ephemeral political party, the [[African Autonomist Movement]] (MAA) in Dakar.<ref>Hélène d'Almeida-Topor, ''Les jeunes en Afrique'', vol. 2, L'Harmattan, 1992, p. 59, {{ISBN|9782738416582}}.</ref>
When {{Interlanguage link multi|Pierre Lami|fr}} and [[Mamadou Dia]] were president and vice-president of the Council of Government of the Territory of Senegal, Bâ was named minister of health and population in the government of 20 May 1957, but he resigned on 16 June 1958 and was replaced by {{Interlanguage link multi|Édouard Diatta|fr}}.<ref>Gouvernements du Sénégal de 1957 à 2007 (Site Équité et égalité de genre au Sénégal, Laboratoire GENRE [[University of Dakar|Université Cheikh Anta Diop]], Dakar) [http://www.sengenre-ucad.org/gouvernements-senegal.pdf sengenre-ucad.org]</ref>
When {{Interlanguage link multi|Pierre Lami|fr}} and [[Mamadou Dia]] were president and vice-president of the Council of Government of the Territory of Senegal, Bâ was named minister of health and population in the government of 20 May 1957, but he resigned on 16 June 1958 and was replaced by {{Interlanguage link multi|Édouard Diatta|fr}}.<ref>Gouvernements du Sénégal de 1957 à 2007 (Site Équité et égalité de genre au Sénégal, Laboratoire GENRE [[University of Dakar|Université Cheikh Anta Diop]], Dakar) [http://www.sengenre-ucad.org/gouvernements-senegal.pdf sengenre-ucad.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130626194756/http://www.sengenre-ucad.org/gouvernements-senegal.pdf |date=2013-06-26 }}</ref>


He was the father of the writer [[Mariama Bâ]] and magistrate Mody Bâ.<ref name=biragodiop/>
He was the father of the writer [[Mariama Bâ]] and magistrate Mody Bâ.<ref name=biragodiop/>

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Not to be confused with Amadou Ba.
Amadou Bâ
Minister of Health and Population of Senegal
In office
20 May 1957 – 16 June 1958
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byÉdouard Diatta [fr]
Personal details
Born11 December 1892
Saint-Louis
DiedMarch 6, 1967(1967-03-06) (aged 74)
Dakar
Nationality Senegal

Amadou Bâ (11 December 1892 – 6 March 1967), also known as Doudou Ba, was a Senegalese politician, adjunct to the mayor of Dakar and minister.

Biography

In the 1920s, Amadou Bâ was the secretary of the writer Massyla Diop, who was the founding-editor of the journals Le Sénégal moderne (Modern Senegal) and Revue africaine littéraire et artistique (African Literary and Artistic Review), with Marcel Sableau.[1]

On 17 August 1946, Bâ founded an ephemeral political party, the African Autonomist Movement (MAA) in Dakar.[2]

When Pierre Lami [fr] and Mamadou Dia were president and vice-president of the Council of Government of the Territory of Senegal, Bâ was named minister of health and population in the government of 20 May 1957, but he resigned on 16 June 1958 and was replaced by Édouard Diatta [fr].[3]

He was the father of the writer Mariama Bâ and magistrate Mody Bâ.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Birago Diop, Sénégal du temps de Mémoires africaines, Éditions L'Harmattan, 1986, p. 37.
  2. ^ Hélène d'Almeida-Topor, Les jeunes en Afrique, vol. 2, L'Harmattan, 1992, p. 59, ISBN 9782738416582.
  3. ^ Gouvernements du Sénégal de 1957 à 2007 (Site Équité et égalité de genre au Sénégal, Laboratoire GENRE Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar) sengenre-ucad.org Archived 2013-06-26 at the Wayback Machine

Bibliography

  • Babacar Ndiaye and Waly Ndiaye, Présidents et ministres de la République du Sénégal, Dakar, 2006 (2nd edn), p. 51.
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