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Moktar Ould Daddah, the birth of the Mauritanian state (1&2)

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Signing of Mauritanian independence between Moktar Ould Daddah, the father of Mauritanian independence, and the French Prime Minister, Michel Debré (right).

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By: Alain Foka Follow

Like the Senegalese Léopold Sédar Senghor, the Cameroonian Ahmadou Ahidjo or even Félix Houphouët-Boigny for Côte d'Ivoire, Moktar Ould Daddah (1924-2003) belongs to the generation of political leaders born of decolonization in Africa.

He had a decisive role in the birth of the Republic of Mauritania which he will lead for 17 years, from 1961 to 1978.

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