Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow
Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow | |
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Director-General UNESCO | |
In office 1974–1987 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Dakar, French West Africa (now Senegal) | 20 March 1921
Education | Sorbonne University |
Occupation | Politician, diplomat, educator |
Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow
Biography
M'Bow began working for UNESCO in 1953 and served as its Director-General from 1974 to 1987, being the first black African to head a United Nations organisation. His tenure has been described as marked by an alternative framework for the production of knowledge and information, moving away from Eurocentric tendencies and encouraging the diversity of experiences and cultures.[4] He was President of the PanAfrican Archaeological Association from 1967 to 1971.[5]
In 1978, he made the speech "A plea for the return of an irreplaceable cultural heritage to those who created it", where he called for the restitution of cultural heritage from the northern to the southern hemisphere.[6] His call followed the 1973 resolution no. 3187 about the Restitution of works of art to countries victims of expropriation,[7] but had no decisive effect on restitutions.
In May 1980, M'Bow called the Commission over the Problems of Communication which delivered the
In 1980, M'Bow was awarded an
Honours
- Grand-Cross of the Order of Prince Henry, Portugal (6 April 2017)[9]
References
- ISBN 978-9231041532.
- ^ Profile of Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow
- ISBN 9780802194992. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
- ISBN 978-1-85109-705-0.
- ^ "Congresses and Presidents – PanAfrican Archaeological Association". www.panafprehistory.org. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
- ^ Speech held in Paris on 7 June 1978, available on the UNESCO website. See Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, "Pour le retour, a ceux qui l'ont crée, d’un patrimoine culturel irremplaçable", Museum, vol. 31, no. 1, 1979, p. 58.
- ^ United Nations (December 1973). "Resolution 3187" (pdf). undocs.org. Archived from the original on 2021-10-18. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
- ^ "Amadou Mahtar Mbow fête ses 100 ans" (in French). Rewmi. 20 March 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ "Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas". Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. Retrieved 31 July 2017.