Basile Adjou Moumouni
Basile Adjou Moumouni | |
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Born | |
Died | November 12, 2019 | (aged 97)
Nationality | Beninese |
Occupation | physician |
Basile Adjou Moumouni (October 25, 1922 – November 12, 2019) was a Beninese physician. He was active in his native country when the west Africa country of Republic of Benin was called Dahomey. Spending almost his entire adult life outside his native country, he worked for the World Health Organization in Brazzaville. In the 1968 presidential election, he won with over 80 percent of the vote. This decision was annulled, however, by incumbent President Alphonse Alley because organised demonstrations prohibited almost three-quarters of the electorate from casting their ballots.
Early life
Moumouni was born in
1968 presidential election
Moumouni was one of five candidates in his country's
Medical journalism
Moumoni returned to Brazzaville after the elections. He would continue with his medical research, particularly into public health services, publishing numerous books in collaboration with other distinguished physicians. In 1970, along with people such as
Mounmouni rejoined the World Health Organization and continued to publish his studies into African public health. In 1985 he collaborated with others once again to publish the book, Trainer's guide for health management: strengthening of public health delivery systems in Central and West Africa. published under the WHO.[7]
Later life
Moumouni retired from his medical career in 1991. Following this, he would continue as a writer, broadening his writing to cover topics such as politics and government, socio-economic conditions and even the history of Benin. On June 14, 2007, Moumouni released his book Pour un Bénin métamorphosé, la Nation que nous voulons, a book which examined political and socio-economic conditions in Benin since 1960. He worked on the book for seven years. The book was critically acclaimed, Professor Felix Iroko calling it Moumouni's victory on adversity.[8]
Moumouni was also a professor at the
Citations
- ^ a b Decalo 1976, p. 4.
- ^ a b Adjou Moumouni. histoire, biographie, Memoirescultures.com, archived from the original on March 3, 2012, retrieved December 21, 2008
- ^ Ronen 1975, p. 206.
- ^ a b Friendly, Alfred (May 7, 1968), "A Boycott Cuts Vote in Dahomey, Military Rulers' Plan to Shift to Civilian Regime Balked" (PDF), The New York Times, p. 10, retrieved December 13, 2008
- ^ a b "Results of Election In Dahomey Voided By Military Regime" (PDF), The New York Times, p. 17, May 13, 1968, retrieved December 13, 2008.
- ^ Une Conception intégrée des services de santé publique dans la Région africaine., Biblioteca virtual em saudé, archived from the original on July 6, 2011, retrieved December 21, 2008|
- ^ Trainer's guide for health management: strengthening of public health delivery systems in Central and West Africa, Biblioteca virtual em saudé, archived from the original on July 6, 2011, retrieved December 21, 2008|
- ^ Degila, Francois (June 19, 2007), "Lancement à Cotonou des tomes 1 et 2 de l'œuvre : le code de vie primitif du docteur Basile Adjou Moumouni :Le témoignage du patriarche sur la sagesse africaine selon Ifà", La Nation, retrieved December 14, 2008[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Benin-Bereavement: Basile Adjou Moumouni passed away". Archived from the original on December 7, 2019. Retrieved May 13, 2020.