User:Moustaphaco

Hello, my background is in Medical Equipment. My main interest is in non-profit work for the disadvantaged nations.

I speak English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Wolof, to name a few. I have contributed to Wikipedia on Biton Coulibaly; I am his descendant. And I hope I could contribute to make the Wikipedia experience even better.

Here is my LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=33988463&trk=tab_pro

http://www.politicosn.com/akainvestigat/Professeur-Doudou-Coulibaly-fondateur-de-l-universite-populaire-du-parti-socialiste_a26.html

My Father (Doudou Coulibaly) is named after my grandfather’s brother who was the first mayor of the capital of Senegal, Dakar. Doudou Coulibaly senior is brother of the first African professor of Dactylography (Elhadj Andre Cantara Coulibaly) and both brothers are World War II veterans, as well as sons of Alioune Madere Coulibaly, son of Mamadou Coulibaly descendent of Biton Coulibaly. As we know, before the arrival of the European colonialists, African history had mainly been told by oral historians and storytellers, with some early written texts in Arabic and other African scripts, including Tifinagh and Ajami. Similarly, the story of Biton Coulibaly, great grandson of Kaladian Coulibaly, has been told and continues to be told by griots that depict him as a leader of the Bambara people. According to the African oral historians still alive and having been trained from previous generations since immemorial times, as well as confirmed by some French archives, Biton has never been associated with the European slave trade except to vigorously fight against it and against the European colonization. He successfully defended Segou against the slave traders and the Maures (Arab-Berber) as a result the Bambara people chose him Biton as their leader. Additionally, contrary to his great grandfather Kaladian Coulibaly, Biton converted to Islam and drove massive conversion of his entourage. It is true nonetheless that Biton belonged to a feudal society ruled by nobles who had private servants, and war prisoners occasionally traded with other African kingdoms but never with Europeans.

Cheers,

Moustapha Coulibaly

Thank you