Senghor-Mamadou Dia crisis

1962 · Dakar

In December 1962, a political crisis broke out between President Léopold Sédar Senghor and his Prime Minister Mamadou Dia. The two men had very different visions for governing the country. Mamadou Dia was arrested and imprisoned. This episode marked the beginning of a system of government heavily centred on the president in Senegal.

Sources

• Avomm — comment Mamadou Dia a été "piégé"
• Ndarinfo — pourquoi et comment Senghor s'est débarrassé de Dia
• Persée — « Mamadou Dia et les relations franco-sénégalaises (1957-1962) »
• Cairn — « Mamadou Dia et le projet de décolonisation du Sénégal » (Outre-mers, 2019)
• Cairn — « Alors, tu ne m’embrasses plus Léopold ? » (Afrique contemporaine, 2010)

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