Armand-Pierre Angrand, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Senegalese politician
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About Armand-Pierre Angrand
- Armand Pierre Angrand (9 October 1892 – 29 August 1964) was a Senegalese politician, nobleman and writer and mayor of Gorée and Dakar in 1934.
- Son of Leopold Angrand (1859–1906), descendant of a prominent Métis Signares Goree.
- Grand son of Pierre Angrand (1820 -?), a rich merchant and shipowner and Helene de Saint-Jean (1826–1859), granddaughter of Estoupan of St.
- John, who signed the capitulation of Gorée 1758 against the British. He wrote a basic guide for the Europeans (French, Wolof Manual, foreword by Theodore Monod),.
- Armand-Pierre Angrand was also a correspondent in the Senegal Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) movement founded by Marcus Garvey.
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