Gibril Sesay

Gibril Sesay
Ambassador of Sierra Leone to Egypt
In office
1969–1975
Preceded byCollins O. Bright
Succeeded byFamah Joka Bangura residence in Addis Ababa
2002-2004: Interests Served by Saudi arabia
Acting Imam of the Freetown Central Mosque.
In office
1973 1940s to the 1960 – 1975
Succeeded by1982–2008: Ahmad Tejan Sillah
Personal details
BornAugust 1909 (1909-08)
Sendugu, Port Loko
DiedSeptember 2, 1988(1988-09-02) (aged 79)
Education
  • at the Bethel Day School, Technical Sir Alfred Jones Trade School.
  • proceeded to Gambia and Senegal for Arabic education, and successfully qualified to be an Arabic Teacher and a second class Theologian.
Alma mater
  • 1940-1944 British Institute, Cairo and Al-Azhar University in Cairo
  • In 1952 qualified as a Master of Arabic and first class Muslim Theologian in the faculty of Mohamedan or Muslim Law and Constitution.
Occupation
  • Was appointed Nawab (Assistant Imam) of the Temne Muslim in Freetown.

Alhaji Gibril Sesay (August 1909 – September 2, 1988) was a Sierra Leonean diplomat and Muslim cleric.

Career

  • He was nominated City Councillor and Chairman of the Establishment Committee. Secretary-General of the Sierra Leone Muslim Congress, Teacher of English and Arabic in the Tslamia Primary School, Lecturer of Mohammedan or Muslim law and Constitution in the Extra-Mural Department of Fourah Bay College.
  • Lecturer of Islamics in the Sir Milton Margai College of Education and Technology Teachers' Training College,
  • Organising President of the Sierra Leone Muslim Reform aition Society,
  • Organising President of the Imanfya Social and Literary Association,
  • Iman of the Board of Imams for the entire Muslim Community under the auspices of the Sierra Leone Muslim Congress
  • In 1958 he was Mayor, Freetown City Council.
  • He was a founder-member of the All People's Congress.[1]
  • He received his advanced Arabic/Islamic education in Saudi Arabia.
  • In 1973 he was named acting Imam of the Freetown Central Mosque.
  • From 1969 to 1975 he led the sierra Leonean mission in Cairo.
  • In 1973 he was designated Ambassador.[2]

References

  1. ^ "SLPP, APC: A Tale of Two Ship Captains". Africa Young Voices. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  2. ^ West Africa Publishing Company Limited, 1988, Gibril Sesay dies, Page 1747[1][2] James Gow, Funmi Olonisakin, Ernst Dijxhoorn, Militancy and Violence in West Africa: Religion, Politics and Radicalisation, p. 174