Hamidou Arouna Sidikou

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Hamidou Arouna Sidikou (born March 4, 1946 in Niamey ; † January 12, 2015 ; also Hamidou Harouna Sidikou ) was a Nigerien geographer and politician .

Life

Hamidou Arouna Sidikou went to the École Nord and the Collège d'Enseignement Général in Niamey to school, followed by a visit to the normal school in Zinder , which he graduated in 1967 with the Baccalauréat . He studied geography at the University of Abidjan from 1967 until his maîtrise in 1971 . He worked for a short time as a history and geography teacher at the Lycée National de Niamey. In 1973 he received his PhD in geography from the University of Rouen .

Arouna Sidikou worked from 1973 to 1974 as the school director of the Lycée Amadou Kouran Daga in Zinder. From 1974 he worked at the University of Niamey , where he rose to become the first Nigerian university professor of geography. He completed his habilitation in 1981 at the University of Rouen and from 1981 to 1985 headed the Research Institute for Human Sciences (IRSH) at the University of Niamey. From 1986 to 1988 he was permanent secretary of the Committee for the Development of a Code for Rural Areas.

Hamidou Arouna Sidikou was appointed rector of Niamey University in 1988 as the successor to Abdou Hamani . In 1990, Alhassane Yénikoye succeeded him in this function . President Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara brought him into the government of Prime Minister Boukary Adji in 1996 as Minister for Higher Education and Research . Arouna Sidikou left the government in 1997 and Sanoussi Jackou took over . He then worked in a leading position for the International Organization of the Francophonie until 2002 .

Hamidou Arouna Sidikou was married to the biologist Ramatou Sidikou and had four children.

Fonts

  • Sédentarité et mobilité entre Niger et Zgaret (=  Études nigériennes . No. 34 ). IFAN, Niamey 1974.
  • Niamey . In: Les cahiers d'outre-mer. Revue de geographie de Bordeaux . Vol. 28, 1975, ISSN  0373-5834 , pp. 201-217 .
  • with Philippe Claude Chamard: Geographie du Niger . Nouvelles éditions africaines, Dakar 1976.
  • The Zarma people of the Zarmaganda: their adaptive strategy, and its limits, in the face of the current drought (1965-1976) . In: G. Jan van Apeldoorn (ed.): The aftermath of the 1972-74 drought in Nigeria . Proceedings of a Conference held at Bagauda, ​​April 1977. Federal Department of Water Resources and the Center for Social and Economic Research, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria 1978, p. 51-67 .
  • Les pays du Soudan central. La specificité des facteurs geographiques . In: Yusuf Fadl Hassan, Paul Doornbos (ed.): The Central Bilād Al-Sūdān. Tradition and adaptation . El Tamaddon Press, Khartoum 1979, pp. 65-93 .
  • with Edmond Bernus: Atlas du Niger . Jeune Afrique, Paris 1980, ISBN 2-85258-151-5 .
  • Niamey: étude de geographie socio-urbaine . Thèse pour le Doctorat d'Etat de geographie. Université de Rouen, Rouen 1980.
  • The desert as a way of life . In: UNESCO Courier . No. 6 , June 1987, pp. 16-19 .
  • with Modibo Chahir Walidou and Jean Claude Maliboungou: Etude sur l'impact socio-économique du barrage de la Mbali sur les populations rurales environnantes . DSAD, Bangui November 1994.
  • with Abdou Bontianti: Gestion des déchets à Niamey . L'Harmattan, Paris 2008, ISBN 978-2-296-06483-6 .

Web links

Literature by and about Hamidou Arouna Sidikou in the bibliographic database WorldCat

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Seini Seydou Zakaria: Décès du professeur Sidikou Harouna Hamidou, enseignant chercheur à l'Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey: le Niger perd son premier professeur titulaire en geographie. In: Niger Inter. January 15, 2015, accessed January 1, 2018 (French).
  2. ↑ Guide de l'étudiant 2012–2013. Université Abdou Moumouni, p. 18 , accessed on January 1, 2018 (French).
  3. ^ Governments of the President Ibrahim Maïnassara Barré. Présidence de la République du Niger, archived from the original on September 27, 2007 ; accessed on January 1, 2018 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Arouna Sidikou, Hamidou
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Harouna Sidikou, Hamidou
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nigerien geographer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 4, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Niamey
DATE OF DEATH January 12, 2015