Mano Dayak
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Mano Dayak | |
|---|---|
 Dayak in 1986 | |
| Head of the Temoust Liberation Front | |
| In office June 1993 – 15 December 1995 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Mohamed Akotey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1949 |
| Died | 15 December 1995 |
| Education | Indiana University Bloomington Sorbonne University |
| Occupation | Insurgent, activist, scholar, businessman, tour guide |
Mano Dayak (1949 – December 15, 1995) was a famous Tuareg freedom fighter, leader, activist, scholar and negotiator. He led the Tuareg Rebellion in Ténéré region, northern Niger during the 1990s. He was born in the Tiden valley in the Aïr Mountains (nearby Agadez city) in 1949. He died in a plane crash in 1995, causing some speculation that it had not been accidental.[1]
Early in life he went to Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana to study an undergraduate degree in folklore and later pursued a degree in political science at the Sorbonne University. It was here in France where he met his wife Odile, an anthropology student who planned to establish a tourist business with him in the early 1970s.[1]
