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Anta Germane Gaye | |
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| Born | 1953 (age 71–72) Senegal |
| Occupation(s) | Painter, sculptor |
Anta Germane Gaye (born 1953) is a Senegalese painter and sculptor. [1] [2]
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Anta Germane Gaye | |
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| Born | 1953 (age 71–72) Senegal |
| Occupation(s) | Painter, sculptor |
Anta Germane Gaye (born 1953) is a Senegalese painter and sculptor. [1] [2]
The Armed Forces of Senegal consists of about 17,000 personnel in the army, air force, navy, and gendarmerie. The Senegal military force receives most of its training, equipment, and support from France and the United States. Germany also provides support but on a smaller scale.
Cheikh Anta Diop University, also known as the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, is a university in Dakar, Senegal. It is named after the Senegalese physicist, historian and anthropologist Cheikh Anta Diop and has an enrollment of over 60,000.
The Senegalese education system is based on its French equivalent. The state is responsible for the creation of an educational system that enables every citizen access to education. Articles 21 and 22 of the Constitution adopted in January 2001 guarantee access to education for all children. However, due to limited resources and low demand for secular education in areas where Islamic education is more prevalent, the law is not fully enforced.
Iba N'Diaye was a Senegalese-born French painter and educator. He trained in Senegal and France during the colonial period, N'Diaye utilized European modernist fine arts training and medium to depict his views of African realities. He returned to Senegal upon its independence, and became the founding head of École Nationale des Beaux Arts in Dakar. Disenchanted with the prevailing artistic and political climate of mid-1960s Dakar, N'Diaye returned to France in 1967 and exhibited around the globe, returning to his birthplace of Saint-Louis, Senegal, to present his work in Senegal again only in 2000. N'Diaye died at his home in Paris in October, 2008 at the age of 80.
Tourism in Senegal is a vital part of the West African nation's economy.
Senegalese wrestling is a type of folk wrestling traditionally performed by several African tribes, from the Wolofs of West Africa to the Nuer and Dinka of South Sudan. and now a national sport in Senegal and parts of The Gambia, and is part of a larger West African form of traditional wrestling. The Senegalese form traditionally allows blows with the hands (frappe), the only one of the West African traditions to do so. As a larger confederation and championship around Lutte Traditionnelle has developed since the 1990s, Senegalese fighters now practice both forms, called officially Lutte Traditionnelle sans frappe and Lutte Traditionnelle avec frappe for the striking version.
Kre M’Baye, was a Senegalese portrait artist and art instructor. He was also known as Amadou Kre M’Baye, or Armedy Kre M’Baye.
The Dakar Biennale, or Dak'Art - Biennale de l'Art Africain Contemporain, is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Dakar, Senegal. Dak'Art's focus has been on Contemporary African Art since 1996.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Dakar, Senegal.
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1930s – 1940s – 1950s – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s – 1990s – 2000s
Papa Ibra Tall (1935–2015) was a Senegalese tapestry weaver, painter, and illustrator. He is known for his role in the Dakar School art movement, and as an early professor at the École Nationale des Beaux Arts.
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Events in the year 2020 in Senegal.
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Joëlle le Bussy Fal is a Franco-Senegalese sculptor, art dealer, arts organizer, and art curator based in Dakar, Senegal, where she founded Galerie Arte in 1996.
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Seydou Barry was a Senegalese painter. He is part of the artistic movement called the Dakar School, affiliated with Négritude.
The Dakar School is an art movement born in Senegal at the dawn of independence, between 1960 and 1974. It was supported by the first Senegalese President Léopold Sédar Senghor, and worked within the framework of the larger cultural movement of Négritude from the 1930s. The three teachers that were the foundering members of this art movement included Papa Ibra Tall, Iba N'Diaye, and Pierre Lods.
École Nationale des Beaux Arts was a public art school, active from 1958 until 1995 in Dakar, Senegal. In 1995, this school was merged to form the National School of Arts of Senegal. It was formerly known by the names Masion des Arts du Mali from 1958 to 1961; the École des Arts du Sénégal (EAS) from 1961 to 1971; the Institut National des Arts duSénégal (INAS) from 1971 to 1977; and finally the École Nationale des Beaux Arts (ENBA) from 1977 until its close.