Timeline of Cotonou
Appearance
The following is atimelineof thehistoryof thecityofCotonou,Benin.
Prior to 20th century
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- 1830 - Cotonou founded as a "slaving port."[1]
- 1878 - Cotonou "ceded to France."[2]
- 1883 - French occupation.[3]
- 1899 - Wharf built.[4]
20th century
[edit]- 1904 - Cotonou becomes part of colonialFrench Dahomey.
- 1908 - Deepwater harbor opens.[1]
- 1912 - Cotonou becomes a "commune mixte."[4]
- 1920s - Population: 8,500.[4]
- 1928 -Ancien Pont(bridge) built.
- 1955 - CatholicMetropolitan Archdiocese of Cotonouestablished.[5]
- 1957 - January: Pan-AfricanGeneral Union of Negro African Workersfounded at a conference in Cotonou.
- 1960s - Tomety photo studio in operation.[6]
- 1963
- Dantokpa Marketestablished.[citation needed]
- Presidential Palace built.[2]
- 1964
- 1965 - Port constructed.[2]
- 1967 - Les Muses theatre troupe formed.[9]
- 1968 -Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou(musical group) and Société Béninoise de Textiles[2][10]established in Cotonou.
- 1970 -Université du Dahomeyfounded.
- 1975 - City becomes part of thePeople's Republic of Benin.
- 1980 - Association des écrivains et critiques littéraires du Bénin founded.[11][12]
- 1981 - Population: 383,250 (estimate).[13]
- 1982 -Stade de l'Amitié(stadium) opens.
- 1988 -Musée olympique du Bénin opens.
- 1986 - Sister city relationship established with Salvador, Brazil.[14]
- 1990 - February: Benin constitutional conference held.[15]
- 1992 - Population: 536,827.[16]
- 1995
- Centre de conferences international opens.[17]
- December: Meeting of theOrganisation internationale de la Francophonieheld in city.[3]
- 1996 -University of Science and Technology of Beninestablished.
21st century
[edit]- 2001 -L'Informateurnewspaperbegins publication.[10][18]
- 2002 - Maison des Médias du Bénin founded.[19][20]
- 2003
- 25 December:Airplane crash.[21]
- Nicéphore Soglobecomes mayor.
- 2005 -Fondation Zinsou (museum) opens.[17]
- 2009 - Population: 815,041.[22]
- 2011 - Population: 924,000.[23]
- 2013 - Population: 679,012.[24]
References
[edit]- ^abBradt 2006.
- ^abcdMathurin C. Houngnikpo; Samuel Decalo (2013).Historical Dictionary of Benin(4th ed.). US:Scarecrow Press.ISBN978-0-8108-7171-7.
- ^abVictor T. Le Vine (2004).Politics in Francophone Africa.Lynne Rienner Publishers.ISBN978-1-58826-249-3.
- ^abcCornevin 1980.
- ^"Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Benin".www.katolsk.no.Norway:Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo.Retrieved30 September2014.
- ^Erika Nimis (2013). "Yoruba Studio Photographers in Francophone West Africa". In John Peffer and Elisabeth L. Cameron (ed.).Portraiture and Photography in Africa.Indiana University Press. pp. 102–140.ISBN978-0-253-00872-5.
- ^"Cotonou (Benin) -- Newspapers".Global Resources Network.Chicago, US:Center for Research Libraries.Retrieved30 September2014.
- ^Toyin Falolaand Aribidesi Adisa Usman, ed. (2009).Movements, Borders, and Identities in Africa.University Rochester Press.ISBN978-1-58046-296-9.
- ^Don Rubin; et al., eds. (1997). "Benin".World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre.Vol. 3: Africa. Routledge. p. 57+.ISBN978-1-136-35949-1.
- ^ab"Benin: Directory".Africa South of the Sahara 2004.Regional Surveys of the World.Europa Publications.2004.ISBN1857431839.
- ^Kamal Salhi, ed. (2000). "Discourse in the Periodicals of 20th-Century Benin".Francophone Studies: Discourse and Identity.Exeter, UK: Elm Bank.ISBN978-1-902454-05-4.
- ^Mohamed Mekkawi."African & Caribbean Literature in French".Howard UniversityLibrary.Retrieved30 September2014.
- ^United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs,Statistical Office (1987)."Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants".1985 Demographic Yearbook.New York. pp. 247–289.
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:CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^"Ouidah Journal; A Cultural Bond That Bondage Could Not Crush",New York Times,5 August 1987
- ^"Benin: Chronologie".Jeune Afrique(in French).Retrieved30 September2014.
- ^United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division (1997)."Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants".1995 Demographic Yearbook.New York. pp. 262–321.
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has generic name (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^abPetit Futé 2011.
- ^"City Guide: Journaux".Cotonou ça bouge(in French). Portail Internet des Villes Africaines.Retrieved30 September2014.
- ^"Maison des Médias"(in French). Cotonou. Archived fromthe originalon 26 April 2009.
- ^Karen Fung (ed.)."Benin: News".Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources.US: Stanford University.Retrieved30 September2014.
- ^"Benin Profile: Timeline".BBC News.11 April 2011.Retrieved30 September2014.
- ^"Benin".Britannica Book of the Year 2014.Encyclopædia Britannica. 2014. p. 549+.ISBN978-1-62513-171-3.
- ^The State of African Cities 2014.United Nations Human Settlements Programme.2015-09-10.ISBN978-92-1-132598-0.Archived fromthe originalon 10 September 2014.Retrieved30 September2014.
- ^"Table 8 - Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants",Demographic Yearbook – 2018,United Nations
- This article incorporates information from theFrench WikipediaandGerman Wikipedia.
Bibliography
[edit]in English
[edit]- R. Cornevin (1980)."Kotonou".In C.E. Bosworth; et al. (eds.).Encyclopaedia of Islam.Vol. 5. Leiden: Brill.
- "Benin: Cotonou",West Africa(4th ed.),Lonely Planet,1999,OL8314753M
- Paul Tiyambe Zeleza;Dickson Eyoh, eds. (2003). "Cotonou, Benin".Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History.Routledge.ISBN0415234794.
- J. Joost Beuving and Joost Beuving (2004). "Cotonou's Klondike: African Traders and Second-Hand Car Markets in Bénin".Journal of Modern African Studies.42(4): 511–537.doi:10.1017/S0022278X04000382.JSTOR3876137.S2CID153955180.
- J. Joost Beuving (2006)."Lebanese Traders in Cotonou: A Socio-Cultural Analysis of Economic Mobility and Capital Accumulation".Africa: Journal of the International African Institute.76(3): 324–351.doi:10.3366/afr.2006.0036.JSTOR40022740.S2CID56422479.
- "Cotonou".Benin.Bradt Travel Guides.2006.ISBN978-1-84162-148-7.
in French
[edit]- Paule Brasseur-Marion (1953)."Cotonou porte du Dahomey".Cahiers d'Outre-Mer (in French).6– viaPersee.fr.
- Gautier Pirotte; Marc Poncelet (2003)."Société civile et nouvelle gouvernance au Bénin: Quelques réflexions illustrées à partir de l'analyse du nouveau secteur ONG à Cotonou".Bulletin de l'APAD (in French).26– viaRevues.org.
- Sébastien Dossa Sotindjo (2009).Cotonou: l'explosion d'une capitale économique, 1945-1985(in French). Paris:L'Harmattan.ISBN9782296111516.
- Auzias, Dominique; Labourdette, Jean-Paul (2011)."Cotonou".Benin.Le Petit Futé(in French).ISBN9782746929241.
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