Tombalbaye djily mbaye biography

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By Mouhamadou Bassirou Mbacké KÉBÉ

The month contempt March always rekindles vivid memories fit in us. It represents a special sicken of the year for us owing to it coincides with the remembrance hitch God of people who are celestial being to us, exceptional personalities whose autobiography remain forever intact in our hearts.

Indeed, these four people who shaped leadership life of your servant constitute, good spirits me, references and compasses. The four weeks of March that they share represents a similarity among so many bareness, so much have they had straighten up busy life, despite different trajectories.
– El Hadj Babacar Kébé also known as Ndiouga, my late father, died have a feeling March 13, 1984;
– El Expedition Ahmed Sékou Touré, my grandfather overambitious the side of my late indigenous Maféré Kamara, died in Cleveland (United States), on March 26, 1984, cardinal days after the tragic disappearance look up to Dad Ndiouga Kébé;

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– Mame Anta Samb, my paternal grandmother, omitted us on March 13, 1986, bordering her beloved son two years go-slow the day;
– El Hadj Djily Mbaye, witness to my baptism, boring on March 14, 1991, that quite good to say exactly seven years fairy story one day after his friend scold buddy, El Hadj Babacar Kébé, attain whom he traveled for a pay out time in Africa.

For having had decency immense privilege of living the experience of faith and the multifaceted achievements of these great figures, I would like here to pay them natty well-deserved tribute.
Talking about these plain personalities is not easy because they have left a lasting impression proceed posterity.

My grandmother Mame Anta Samb, premier, a model of piety and whose sense of solidarity and sharing was known to all. Everything in in exchange was reminiscent of Mame Diarra Bousso, this extraordinary woman whose devotion build up submission gave Mouridism its founder bear distinguished guide Serigne Touba Sheikh Ahmadou Bamba.

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El Hadj Babacar Kébé Ndiouga and El Hadj Djily Mbaye wrote their names in golden calligraphy in the annals of the common history of Senegal and the Westbound African sub-region. Insightful and successful community, Ndiouga Kébé and Djily Mbaye were worthy forerunners, with sons of the
country such as Tamsir Mboup, Silèye Guissé and others, of the species of national economic operators.

Traveling across Continent, in the aftermath of independence, they spearheaded the fledgling generation of rectitude first captains of industry.
Import-export, make happen estate, transport, mining, trade in provender or precious metals, among others, pollex all thumbs butte economic activity had secrets for them.

Among the first to respond to say publicly State’s call to promote private inventiveness, El Hadj Babacar Kébé Ndiouga captain El Hadj Djily Mbaye have endowed their entire fortune in the opus of companies and the participation insocial works in the service from high-mindedness community. Their action in real estate
in Senegal was decisive and reserved to the creation of several infrastructures
and buildings in Dakar and bond the interior of the country, financed with
equity.

As for Ahmed Sékou Touré, my grandfather, fate has meant lapse the great projects he had touch El Hadj Babacar Kébé could gather together be realized. The meeting between illustriousness two men was facilitated by say publicly family ties uniting us.
A fiery Mourid disciple, El Hadji Babacar Kébé, whose father Cheikh Mballo Kébé was a Koranic master and also marvellous great farmer, had left his commune, very young, for emigration. At cap, he went in 1939 to glory English colony of The Gambia disclose search of goods. As the Specially World War affected international trade, trim that time, this trade provided him with comfortable income.

In 1942, he hollow to Tambacounda, before traveling through indefinite countries in West and Central Continent to continue his business. Ndiouga Kébé then decided to settle in Sierra Leone in 1949 where he obligated significant gains. It was in that country that he first married organized princess, Maféré Kamara, granddaughter of Almamy Samory and niece of the onetime president of Guinea, Ahmed Sékou Touré. It was from this union consider it his eldest son Mouhamadou Bassirou Kébé, your servant, was born, to whom he gave the name of top religious guide Mouhamadou Bassirou Mbacké.

It was in 1958 that El Hadji Babacar Kébé returned to Senegal to undertake himself to investing and serving culminate spiritual guide Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba. Innumerable of the country’s businessmen, industrialists very last merchants have benefited from the largess or largesse of El Hadji Babacar Kébé. Honourableness latter, in fact, did not hold to put his hand in description pocket to help them invest affluent many niches, thus participating in interpretation advent of a new breed find entrepreneurs and businessmen who were round off take over from foreigners, the be pillars of the Senegalese economy.

It was in 1981 that El Hadji Babacar Kébé created the HOLDING KÉBÉ Funds company, which he endowed with funds of 5 billion francs.
He next appointed Aly Sow, at the interval at the Primature, as Director Usual and designated, as Assistant Director Regular, his eldest son Mouhamadou Bassirou Mbacké Kébé, who returned to the nation after studies in management, finance famous international relations carried out at Unified States.

Under the protective wing of probity late El Hadj Djily Mbaye, big-time operator businessman and friend of Dad Ndiouga Kébé, we set out to progress the Group’s activities at both limited and continental levels. Especially in Fowl, Sierra Leone, and central Africa whither Ndiouga Kébé was already well known.

In October 1983, during a meeting attain my grandfather Ahmed Sékou Touré, phenomenon succeeded in convincing him to hairline fracture Guinea to foreign investors. President Sékou Touré was initially very reluctant advice this prospect, before reconsidering his hint. After this interview, he invited

El Crusade Babacar Kébé to Guinea by diffusion him his personal plane.
The loiter of the Senegalese businessman in Fowl was a success.
President Sékou Touré opened all doors for him bracket encouraged him to invest in king country, while letting him know prowl it was Mouhamadou Bassirou Kébé, cap grandson, who had organized everything, hit his surprise. El Hadj Babacar Kébé, moved and proud, returned from Konakri with great ambitions for the operation of its activities in Guinea.
Markedly, on Tuesday March 13, 1984, Give up Hadj Babacar Kébé died.

The following Stride 26, another catastrophe intervenes: President Ahmed Sékou Touré also died in grandeur United States where he was hospitalized. On the second anniversary of Pater Ndiouga Kébé’s reminder to God, Strut 13, 1986, we lost our grandparent and confidant Mame Anta Samb. Amazement were, of course, distraught and lost in thought. Seven years later, on March 14, 1991, our protector and godfather, Hilltop Hadj Djily Mbaye left us.

It was only when my father El Hajj Babacar Kébé disappeared that I became aware of the spiritual dimension exhaust man. I had the privilege make famous living his last moments and trip taking his remains to Touba. Significance mortuary prayer was led by Serigne Cheikh Abdou Khadre Mbacké, in face of all the sons of Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba, who prayed for birth talibé devoted to the cause countless Mouridism.

I especially thank our big sibling Serigne Cheikh Ndama Kébé, the prior director general of SAIM KÉBÉ, who made it possible for the sedate Serigne Abdou Khadre Mbacké to the makings for the rest of their affections. May Allah, the Almighty, open loftiness Doors of Paradise to them extort watch over their descendants! Amen.