Historical figures in Asilah
The atlas holds 3 people and 3 moments here, from 1502 to 1992. The most recorded lives are Christopher Columbus, Léopold Sédar Senghor and Jorge Amado. Among them Engineers and Inventors and Explorers, across the Space Age and the Age of Exploration.
Notable people
Christopher Columbus
in 1502
1 moment here
Genoese navigator who completed four Castilian-sponsored Atlantic expeditions between 1492 and 1504.…
Jorge Amado
in 1992
1 moment here
Brazilian modernist writer, journalist, and Communist politician whose life moved between Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, South America, Europe,…
Léopold Sédar Senghor
in 1990
1 moment here
Senegalese poet, theorist of Négritude, and statesman who became Senegal’s first president in 1960.…
Moments
- 1502 Stops at Arzila Christopher Columbus
- 1990 Afro-Arab cultural forum Léopold Sédar Senghor
- 1992 Presided over Asilah cultural festival Jorge Amado