Announcement - The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, expressed her deep sorrow at the news of the death of Amadou Mahtar M'Bow, former Director-General of UNESCO (1974-1987) and the first African to lead an international organisation.
Amadou Mahtar M'Bow, former Director-General of UNESCO and the first Africa n to lead an international organisation. who died on September 24, 2024.
Born in Dakar in 1921, Amadou Mahtar M'Bow was the Minister for Education, Culture and Youth of Senegal, participating actively in his country's political life, and was the Director-General of UNESCO for 13 years. The young Amadou was admitted to the French Colonial School, after first attending classes in a Koranic school, then enrolled in the 'commerce course' at the Dakar Chamber of Commerce before passing the competitive examination to become a clerk in the colonial administration. In 1940 he volunteered for service in France, but returned to Senegal after the French defeat. Four years later, he took part in the Provence landings and participated in the liberation of France.
Amadou Mahtar M'Bow also argued forcefully in favour of a 'New World Order of Information and Communication' – since at the time international news was provided exclusively by five major press agencies, all based in Europe and North America, with the resulting news flowing essentially from North to South.
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