William Ponty School — the builders of Africa

1903–1950s · Gorée / Sébikotane

In 1903, the French opened a major school on Gorée Island — the William Ponty School, later moved to Sébikotane. It trained teachers, nurses and administrators for all of West Africa. Young people from Senegal, Mali, Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire studied side by side. Many of them became the first leaders of their independent nations.

Sources

• Le Soleil — École normale William Ponty de Sébikotane
• OpenEdition — « Les enfants du hasard ? » (sur l'École William Ponty)
• ProQuest — « African Culture and Colonial Education: The William Ponty School »

Previous story : El Hadji Malick Sy — founder of the spiritual centre of Tivaouane · Next story : The peanut — pillar of the colonial economy