Bakary, Djibo

LC control no.	n 93043272
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Bakary, Djibo *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	Niger
Birth date	1922
Death date	1998-04-16
Place of birth	Soudouré (Niger)
Place of death	Niamey (Niger)
Field of activity	Decolonization Niger--Politics and government
Affiliation	Parti progressiste nigérien Union démocratique nigérienne Sawaba (Political party) Rassemblement démocratique africain World Federation of Trade Unions
Profession or occupation	Politicians Prime ministers Mayors
Found in	His Silence! On décolonise-- 1992: t.p. (Djibo Bakary) p. 4 of cover (b. Niger; political activist) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed December 9, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Bakary, Djibo; prime minister, political figure; born 1922 in Soudouré, Niger; graduated as a teacher from colonial William Ponty school in Senegal (1941); worked as a teacher in Niamey and the city of Agadez (1945); established a local section of the Parti Progressiste Nigérien in Zinder (1946); supported the PPN's affiliation to the Rassemblement Démocratique Africain; assumed the position of PPN secretary general (1947); left the PPN-RDA and engaged in union work (1951); gained position in World Federation of Trade Unions; initiated Niger's first mass strike action (1953); reentered the political scene with the Union Démocratique Nigérienne (UDN) (1954); became Niamey's first mayor (1956); won the first general elections under universal suffrage (1957); was appointed prime minister, forming Niger's first autonomous government under the supervision of the colonial governor; forced to step down (1958); forced into exile (1959); threatened with assassination in Bamako, moved to Ghana (1962); when Kwame Nkrumah was toppled in Ghana, he fled to the Bulgarian legation in Accra, from where he made his escape abroad; returned from exile to Niger (1974); was under house arrest (1975-1984); attempted a comeback, but failed in the elections (1993); died 16 April 1998 in Niamey, Niger) Wikipedia, viewed Sep. 29, 2017 (Sawaba; political party, founded in 1954 as Nigerian Democratic Union, founded by PPN co-leader Djibo Bakary when he was expelled from the PPN)