École normale supérieure William Ponty
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L'École William Ponty (named for the gouverneur général of French West Africa William Merlaud-Ponty) was a government teachers' college in what is now Senegal.
Formed by the French colonial government at St. Louis in 1903, the school was moved to Gorée Island in 1913, and named in honor of Merlaud-Ponty.
The school is famous for training African students who would one day lead the struggle for independence from France, including Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Modibo Keïta, Hamani Diori, Hubert Maga and Mamadou Dia.
[edit] References
- (French) Translation of French Wikipedia article, June 2007.
- (French) R. Dumargue, « L'enseignement du français à l'école William-Ponty (AOF) », L'Information d'Outre-Mer, n° 1, janvier-février 1939, p. 27-32
- (French) Christophe Batsch, Un rouage du colonialisme : L’École normale d’instituteurs William Ponty, Paris, Université de Paris VII, 1973, 97 p. (Mémoire de Maîtrise).
- (French) Yamar Sarr Fall, L’École Normale William Ponty de 1912 à 1948, Université de Dakar, 1986, 115 p. (Mémoire de Maîtrise)