The Library of Congress > LCCN Permalink

View this record in:  MARCXML | LC Authorities & Vocabularies | VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)External Link

Keita, Modibo, 1915-1977

LC control no.no2012031462
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingKeita, Modibo, 1915-1977
    Browse this term in  LC Authorities  or the  LC Catalog
See alsoMali. President (1960-1968 : Keita)
    Browse this term in  LC Authorities
Associated countryMali Senegal
Associated placeFrance
Birth date1915-06-04
Death date1977-05-16
Place of birthBamako (Mali)
Place of deathBamako (Mali)
AffiliationUnion soudanaise R.D.A.
Profession or occupationTeachers Politicians Presidents
Found inHis A collection of speeches ... 1965: title page (Modibo Keita)
Modibo Kéïta, c2005: page 149 (born June 4, 1915; died May 16, 1977)
Britannica online, academic ed., viewed Feb. 28, 2012 (Modibo Keita; born in Bamako, French Sudan (now Mali); died in Bamako, 1977; trained as teacher in Dakar; served as deputy in French National Assembly 1956-1958; president of the US-RDA, mayor of Bamako; became president of Mali Federation in 1959, which split in 1960 with Keita remaining as president of Mali; overthrown Nov. 1968, imprisoned)
L'enfant sarakolle, 1936: title page (Kéïta Modibo)
MaliActu.net, Mali: chronologie succincte: Centenaire de la naissance du Président Modibo Kéïta (1915-2015), 11 July 2015, viewed Sep. 6, 2017 (22 September 1960: proclamation of independence of the Republic of Mali, with Modibo Keita the first president; 19 November 1968: Keita overthrown in a military coup)
Associated languagefre