Timeline of Bamako
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bamako, Mali.
Prior to 20th century
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- 16th century - Bambara in power.[1]
- c. 1650 - founding of the kafu of Bamako by Sériba Niaré.[2][3]
- 1806 - Mungo Park passes through Bamako.[4]
- 1880 - Mandinka Samory Touré in power (approximate date).[1]
- 1883
- 1 February: Town occupied by French forces under command of Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes.[4]
- April: Battles of Woyowoyanko, Samory Toure's forces repulsed just south of Bamako.
- Fort built by French.[5]
20th century
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- 1903 - Fort demolished.[5]
- 1904 - Koulikoro-Bamako railway built.[4]
- 1906 - Chamber of commerce established.[6][7]
- 1907 - Palais de Koulouba (presidential residence) built.[8]
- 1908 - 23 May: Capital of French colonial Upper Senegal and Niger relocated to Bamako from Kayes.[9]
- 1919 - Bamako becomes a "commune-mixte" (form of administration).(fr)
- 1920
- Bamako becomes capital of colonial French Sudan.[10]
- Population: 16,000 (estimate).[10]
- 1921 - Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Bamako active.[11]
- 1923 - Dakar-Bamako railroad begins operating.
- 1924 - Monument aux héros de l'Armee Noire dedicated.[12]
- 1927 - Sacred Heart Cathedral built.
- 1929 - "Submersible causeway to Sotuba" built across the Niger River.[5]
- 1933 - Ecole Artisanale du Soudan (art school) established (later Institut National des Arts de Bamako).
- 1934 - Institut de la Lèpre (medical entity) begins operating.[4]
- 1936 - Population: 21,000 (estimate).[13]
- 1945 - Population: 36,000 (estimate).[13]
- 1946 - Rassemblement Démocratique Africain political party headquartered in city.[9]
- 1947 - Dakar–Niger Railway labor strike.[5]
- 1948 - Photographer Seydou Keïta in business.[14][15]
- 1949 - L'Essor newspaper begins publication.[7]
- 1953 - Sudanese Museum opens.
- 1956 - Modibo Keïta elected mayor.[16]
- 1958
- Vincent Auriol Bridge built.[5]
- Photographer Malick Sidibé in business.
- Population: 76,000.[13]
- 1960
- City becomes capital of the Republic of Mali.[5]
- Djoliba AC (football club) formed.
- Stade Modibo Kéïta (stadium) opens.
- Population: 130,00 urban agglomeration.[17]
- 1963 - École Normale Supérieure of Bamako opens.
- 1965
- Centre français de documentation de Bamako founded.
- Population: 168,000.[13]
- 1970s - Grand Mosque of Bamako built.
- 1972 - Population: 225,000 (estimate).[13]
- 1974 - Twin city relationship established with Angers, France.
- 1975 - Sister city relationship established with Rochester, New York, United States.
- 1976 -
- Population 419,239
- 1977 - 18 May: Funeral of Modibo Keita.[4]
- 1978
- District of Bamako created, consisting of six communes: Commune I, II, III, IV, V, and VI, each with its own mayor.(fr)
- Groupe Bogolan Kasobané (artisan group) formed.[18]
- 1980 - March: Saharan states summit held in city.[4]
- 1982 - National Museum of Mali active.[18]
- 1983 - Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision du Mali headquartered in city.
- 1984 - October: Meeting of Economic Community of West African States held in city.[4]
- 1987
- "Islamic centre" built.[9]
- African health ministers meet in city, adopt "Bamako Initiative" for healthcare.
- Population: 658,275 in city.[19]
- 1989 - Les Échos newspaper begins publication.[7]
- 1990s - Hippopotamus statue erected.[1]
- 1991
- 22 March: Anti-government protest; crackdown.[20]
- 26 March: 1991 Malian coup d'état occurs.[20]
- 1992
- 19 January: Malian municipal election, 1992 held.
- King Fahd Bridge opens.
- 1994
- Rencontres africaines de la photographie biennial exhibit begins.[15]
- BCEAO Tower built.
- 1995 - Monument de l'Indépendance and Monument to the Martyrs dedicated.[12](fr)
- 1996
- University of Bamako opens.
- Monument to Daniel Ouezzin Coulibaly dedicated.[12][21](fr)
- 1998
- Cadre de promotion pour la formation en photographie de Bamako established.
- Ibrahima N'Diaye becomes district mayor.
- Population: 1,016,167 in city.[22]
- 2000
21st century
[edit]- 2001
- Kita-Bamako road constructed.[23]
- Stade du 26 Mars (stadium) opens.
- 2002
- 2002 African Cup of Nations football contest held in Bamako.
- Monument to Patrice Lumumba dedicated.[12](fr)
- 2003 - Moussa Badoulaye Traoré becomes district mayor.
- 2005
- Budapest-Bamako car race begins.
- Geekcorps office established.
- 2007 - Adama Sangaré becomes district mayor.
- 2009
- Institut national de la statistique (Mali) headquartered in city.
- Population: 1,810,366 urban agglomeration.[24]
- 2011
- 2015 - 20 November: 2015 Bamako hotel attack occurs in Hippodrome.
- 2016 - 21 March: Attack on headquarters of the European Union military training mission in Bamako.[26]
- 2022 -
- Population 4,227,569 in capital district[27]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Heath 2010.
- ^ Fofana, Moussa (31 July 2007). "Point d'Histoire du Mali: Le Royaume de Sosso ou Khaniaga des Soninké". Soninkara. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ^ Perinbam 1999, p. 4.
- ^ a b c d e f g Pascal James Imperato; Gavin H. Imperato (2008). Historical Dictionary of Mali (4th ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6402-3. (Includes chronology)
- ^ a b c d e f Dulucq 2005.
- ^ "Chambres de commerce aux colonies et pays de protectorat: Afrique occidental Francaise: Haut-Senegal et Niger", 1er congres des Chambres de commerce francaises (in French), Bordeaux, 1907
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b c "Mali: Directory". Africa South of the Sahara 2004. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2004. p. 694+. ISBN 1857431839.
- ^ Hanotaux, Gabriel (1931). Histoire des colonies françaises et de l'expansion de la France dans le monde, Volume 4. Plon. p. 328.
- ^ a b c "Mali". Political Chronology of Africa. Political Chronologies of the World. Europa Publications. 2001. pp. 274–283. ISBN 0203409957.
- ^ a b "France: Africa: French West Africa and the Sahara". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. pp. 895–903 – via Internet Archive.
Colony of French Sudan
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Mali". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f Arnoldi 2016.
- ^ a b c d e Josef Gugler; William G. Flanagan (1978). "Population of West African Capital Cities, 1920-76". Urbanization and Social Change in West Africa. Cambridge University Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-521-29118-7.
- ^ Lynne Warren, ed. (2006). Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography. Routledge. p. 855. ISBN 978-1-135-20536-2.
- ^ a b "Western and Central Sudan, 1900 A.D.–present: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ École normale supérieure de Bamako 1993.
- ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966. pp. 140–161.
- ^ a b Bernard Gardi, "Mali", Oxford Art Online. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York: United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division. 1997. pp. 262–321.
- ^ a b Cybriwsky 2013.
- ^ "Dédicaces à Ouezzin Coulibaly et à Abdoul Karim Camara", L'Essor (in French), Bamako, 1 June 1996
- ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2005. United Nations Statistics Division.
- ^ Sweco; Nordic Consulting Group (2003), Review of the Implementation Status of the Trans African Highways and the Missing Links (PDF), Vol. 2: Description of Corridors, African Development Bank and United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
- ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2015. United Nations Statistics Division. 2016.
- ^ "Assemblée nationale: feu vert pour la modification du code du travail et l'éclatement de l'université de Bamako" [National Assembly: green light for the modification of the labor code and the break-up of the University of Bamako], L'Essor (in French), 9 December 2011, archived from the original on 17 July 2012
- ^ "EU's military mission in Mali attacked by gunmen", Guardian, 21 March 2016
- ^ "Mali: Regions, Major Cities & Localities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.
Bibliography
[edit]in English
[edit]- Mariken Vaa (2000). "Housing Policy After Political Transition: The Case of Bamako" (PDF). Environment and Urbanization. 12.
- Paul Tiyambe Zeleza; Dickson Eyoh, eds. (2003). "Bamako, Mali". Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History. Routledge. ISBN 0415234794.
- Sophie Dulucq (2005). "Bamako". In Kevin Shillington (ed.). Encyclopedia of African History. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-57958-245-6.
- "Bamako," New Encyclopedia of Africa 2nd Edition, editors John Middleton and Joseph Miller (Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2008)
- Elizabeth Heath (2010). "Bamako, Mali". In Kwame Anthony Appiah; Henry Louis Gates (eds.). Encyclopedia of Africa. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195337709.
- Roman A. Cybriwsky (2013). "Bamako". Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture. ABC-CLIO. pp. 30–31. ISBN 978-1-61069-248-9.
- Perinbam, B. M. (1999). Family Identity And The State In The Bamako Kafu. Routledge. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- Mary Jo Arnoldi (2016). "Locating history in concrete and bronze: civic monuments in Bamako, Mali". In Cher Krause Knight; Harriet F. Senie (eds.). A Companion to Public Art. Wiley. ISBN 978-1-118-47534-8.
- Courage Kamusoko (2017). "Bamako Metropolitan Area". In Yuji Murayama; et al. (eds.). Urban Development in Asia and Africa: Geospatial Analysis of Metropolises. Springer. pp. 275–292. ISBN 978-981-10-3241-7.
in French
[edit]- Marie-Louise Villien-Rossi (1963). "Bamako, capitale du Mali". Cahiers d'Outre-Mer (in French). 16 – via Persee.fr.
- École normale supérieure de Bamako (1993). Bamako. Pays Enclaves (in French). Université de Bordeaux. ISBN 978-2-905081-22-3.
- M. Bertrand (1995). "Bamako, d'une république à l'autre". Les Annales de la recherche urbaine (in French). 66 (66): 40–51. doi:10.3406/aru.1995.1855 – via Persee.fr.
- Monique Bertrand (1998). "Marchés fonciers en transition: le cas de Bamako (Mali)". Annales de géographie (in French). 107 (602): 381–409. doi:10.3406/geo.1998.20863 – via Persee.fr.
- Sébastien Philippe (2009). Une histoire de Bamako (in French). Grandvaux. ISBN 978-2-909550-64-0.
- Kévin Croix; et al. (2013). "Quelle 'place' pour des pêcheurs urbains? Le cas de Bamako (Mali)" [Which 'place' for urban fishermen? The case of Bamako]. Cybergeo (in French) (648). doi:10.4000/cybergeo.25977 – via Revues.org.
External links
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- "(Bamako)". Directory of Open Access Journals. UK. (Bibliography of open access articles)
- "(Bamako)" – via Europeana. (Images, etc.)
- "(Bamako)" – via Digital Public Library of America. (Images, etc.)
- "(Bamako)". Internet Library Sub-Saharan Africa. Germany: Frankfurt University Library. (Bibliography)
- "(Bamako)". Connecting-Africa. Leiden, Netherlands: African Studies Centre. (Bibliography)
- "(Bamako)". AfricaBib.org. (Bibliography)
- "Bamako, Mali". BlackPast.org. United States. 10 February 2015.
- "Mali: Bamako". ArchNet. Archived from the original on 21 May 2006.
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