Armand-Pierre Angrand

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Armand Pierre Angrand (9 October 1892[1] – 29 August 1964[2]) was a Senegalese politician, nobleman and writer and mayor of Gorée and Dakar in 1934. Son of Leopold Angrand (1859–1906), descendant of a prominent Métis Signares Goree. Grand son of (1820 -?), a rich merchant and shipowner and Helene de Saint-Jean (1826–1859), granddaughter of Estoupan of St. John, who signed the capitulation of Gorée 1758 against the British.

He wrote a basic guide for the Europeans (French, Wolof Manual, foreword by Theodore Monod),. Armand-Pierre Angrand was also a correspondent in the Senegal Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) movement founded by Marcus Garvey.

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  1. ^ Hommes et destins: Dictionnaire biographique d'outre-mer. 1975. ISBN 9782900098202.
  2. ^ http://data.bnf.fr/13774863/armand-pierre_angrand/


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