Mali
Researched articles and historical events related to Mali.
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- Toumani Diabaté, the Malian musician celebrated as a master of the kora, died in Bamako. (2024)
- Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, president of Mali from 2013 until the military removed him in August 2020 after mon… (2022)
- Islamist gunmen attacked the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, Mali, taking some 170 guests and staff hostage a… (2015)
- Air Algérie Flight 5017, en route from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to Algiers, crashed in Mali, killing all… (2014)
- Abdoulaye Sekou Sow, who served as Prime Minister of Mali, died. (2013)
- Tuareg fighters of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad attacked the Malian army garrison at… (2012)
- Mandé Sidibé, a former prime minister of Mali, died. (2009)
- Ali Farka Touré, celebrated Malian singer-songwriter and guitarist, died. (2006)
- Amadou Hampate Ba, the Malian writer and ethnologist who preserved West African oral traditions in print, d… (1991)
- Massa Makan Diabaté, Malian historian, novelist, and playwright known for chronicling Mande oral tradition,… (1988)
- Mahamadou Diarra, Malian international footballer and former captain, was born. (1981)
- Modibo Keita, the first President of Mali, died. (1977)
- Rokia Traoré, Malian singer-songwriter celebrated for blending traditional Malian instruments with contempo… (1974)
- Oumou Sangaré, Malian singer known internationally for her Wassoulou-style music, was born. (1968)
- Senegal withdrew from the short-lived Mali Federation amid a political crisis, with Léopold Sédar Senghor b… (1960)
- The United Nations General Assembly admitted thirteen newly independent African states, among them Chad, Co… (1960)
- The Sudanese Republic was renamed Mali after Senegal withdrew from the short-lived Mali Federation, with Mo… (1960)
- Modibo Keita became the first president of the newly independent Republic of Mali. (1960)
- France signed an agreement transferring internal autonomy toward independence to the Mali Federation of Sen… (1960)
- The Mali Federation, uniting French Sudan and Senegal, gained independence from France; it dissolved months… (1960)
- Soumaïla Cissé, the Malian engineer and politician who ran for president and later died of COVID-19, was born. (1949)
- Alpha Oumar Konaré, who became the 3rd President of Mali and later chaired the African Union Commission, wa… (1946)
- Souleymane Cissé, Malian film director hailed as one of Africa's greatest filmmakers for works like 'Yeelen… (1940)
- Ali Farka Touré, Malian guitarist and singer celebrated for blending traditional Malian music with blues, w… (1939)
- Moussa Traoré, the army officer who ruled Mali as its second president for 23 years after a 1968 coup, was… (1936)
- Modibo Keïta, who became Mali's first president after independence in 1960, was born in French Sudan. (1915)
- Islamic reformer El Hadj Umar Tall seized the city of Ségou, destroying the Bamana Empire in what is now Mali. (1861)
- A Moroccan relief force reached Jenne and defeated the army of the mansa of Mali, who had marched on the to… (1599)
- Ibn Battuta left the capital of Mali on the road through the Méma, after about eight months at the court of… (1353)
- Ibn Battuta, the traveler from Tangier, reached the capital of Mali, where he stayed about eight months at… (1352)
- Mansa Musa of Mali and his party left Cairo for Mecca with the Egyptian pilgrim caravan. The historian Hadr… (1324)
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