FAIDHERBE, LOUIS


Meaning of FAIDHERBE, LOUIS in English

born June 3, 1818, Lille, France died Sept. 29, 1889, Paris in full Louis-lon-csar Faidherbe governor of French Senegal in 185461 and 186365 and a major founder of France's colonial empire in Africa. He founded Dakar, the future capital of French West Africa.

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