The Blanchot Higher Primary School – also known as EPS Blanchot or, more commonly, École Blanchot – is a secondary educational institution founded in Saint-Louis (Senegal) in 1916. It is named in honor of General François Blanchot de Verly (1735–1807), who was a governor of Senegal. It is one of the pioneering institutions of the colonial era and, like Lycée Faidherbe, was a breeding ground for leaders in French West Africa (AOF). Many students, after completing their education, joined the William Ponty Normal School to become teachers. Numerous notable figures in Senegal's political, religious, and cultural scenes, such as Mady Cissokho, Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Mamadou Dia, Madior Cissé, Médoune Fall, Ousmane Socé Diop, Assane Seck, Diaraf Diouf, and Ibrahima Diallo, are alumni.
In Saint-Louis, the institution succeeded the School for Sons of Chiefs and Interpreters, which itself was derived from the École des otages founded by Louis Faidherbe in 1855.
The school opened in Saint-Louis in 1916. [1] It included several sections. Besides the standard curriculum aimed at future teaching monitors, other courses were designed to train public writers, typists, accountants, postal and telegraph employees, nurses, and manual and agricultural workers.
In 1931, École Blanchot had 180 students. [2]
In 1952, EPS Blanchot was renamed Collège Blanchot.
In 1963, its premises were taken over by Lycée Ameth Fall. [3]
The history of Senegal is commonly divided into a number of periods, encompassing the prehistoric era, the precolonial period, colonialism, and the contemporary era.
The Lycée Louis-le-Grand, also referred to simply as Louis-le-Grand or by its acronym LLG, is a public Lycée located on rue Saint-Jacques in central Paris.
Louis Léon César Faidherbe was a French general and colonial administrator. He created the Senegalese Tirailleurs when he was governor of Senegal.
Djibril Tamsir Niane was a Guinean historian, playwright, and short story writer.
Jean Suret-Canale was a French historian of Africa, Marxist theoretician, political activist, and World War II French Resistance fighter.
Maurel & Prom is an oil company specialising in the production of hydrocarbons. It is listed on Euronext Paris and has its registered office in Paris.
Georges Balandier was a French sociologist, anthropologist and ethnologist noted for his research in Sub-Saharan Africa. Balandier was born in Aillevillers-et-Lyaumont. He was a professor at the Sorbonne, and is a member of the Center for African Studies, a research center of the École pratique des hautes études. He held for many years the Editorship of Cahiers Internationaux de Sociologie and edited the series Sociologie d'Aujourd'hui at Presses Universitaires de France. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1976. He died on 5 October 2016 at the age of 95.
Henri Brosselard-Faidherbe (1855–1893) was a French military officer and explorer.
The Youth Council of the French Union was a coordinating body of youth organizations in the French Union. CJUF was founded in 1950. The organization had its headquarters in Paris and held annual congresses.
The Point of Sangomar is a sand spit located on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Saloum Delta, which marks the end of the Petite Côte west of Senegal.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Dakar, Senegal.
Cheikh Tidiane Sy is a Senegalese politician and official. During the presidency of Abdoulaye Wade, he was Minister of Justice from 2005 to 2008, Minister of the Interior from 2008 until October 2009, then Minister of Justice once more, from 2010 to 2012.
Pierre Kipré is a historian and writer from Ivory Coast. He is a former student of the École normale supérieure in Abidjan.
France and Senegal are both full members of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, and the United Nations.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Saint-Louis, Senegal.
Yvette Duval was a Moroccan-born French historian who specialised in North Africa during Antiquity and the Early African church during Late antiquity.
The École normale de Rufisque was a teacher-training institute for women from French West Africa in Rufisque, Senegal. It existed from 1938 to 1958.
The Battle of Dioubouldou was fought on 25 February 1855 between French forces of Colonel Louis Faidherbe and the combined Waalo and Trarza forces under Queen Ndaté Yalla Mbodj.
Abdou Moumouni Dioffo was a Nigerien physicist, professor, and activist, known for his contributions to alternative energies, particularly solar energy.
Hostage schools were educational institutions established by the French colonizer in Senegal and French Sudan where the sons of chiefs and notables were forcibly recruited to be monitored and trained to become auxiliaries of colonial power. The first hostage school was established in Saint-Louis in Senegal by Governor Faidherbe in 1855.