Karfa Diallo
Karfa Diallo | |
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.png) Diallo in the George Floyd protests, 2020 | |
| Born | Karfa Sira Diallo 1971 (age 52–53) |
| Alma mater | Lycée Seydina-Limamou-Laye |
| Occupation(s) | Activist, writer |
| Years active | c. 2000—present |
Karfa Sira Diallo (born 1971) is a Franco-Senegalese activist and writer.
Biography[edit]
Diallo was born in Thiaroye, Senegal in 1971, the eldest of twenty-five children. His father was a rifleman in the Algerian War. He disliked his father as a child, opposed to his conservatism. He received a law degree from the Lycée Seydina-Limamou-Laye in Pikine.[1][2]
Since c. 2000, Diallo has worked as an activist to remember French slavery in the city of Bourdeaux. He is the founder and director of Mémoires et Partages, an organization that has helped Bourdeaux recognize its history.[3] He also founded Mémoires & partages, an education organisation to help remember French slavery.[4] In 2019, after the unveiling of Woodly Caymitte's sculpture of Modeste Testas, Diallo criticised it, saying one who was freed cannot represent the struggles of slavery.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Karfa Sira Diallo, chevalier de la mémoire - Jeune Afrique.com". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- ^ "In France's Wine Capital, Man on a Mission to Confront City's Darker Past". Voice of America. 2016-11-29. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- ^ Onishi, Norimitsu (2020-06-24). "George Floyd's Killing Forces Wider Debate on France's Slave-Trading Past". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- ^ "Karfa Diallo se bat pour que des villes reconnaissent leurs noms de rues racistes". Brut. (in French). Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- ^ "Statue de Modeste Testas". Fondation pour la memoire de l'esclavage (in French). Retrieved 2024-06-19.
External links[edit]
Media related to Karfa Diallo at Wikimedia Commons
