Timeline of Cotonou explained

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Cotonou, Benin.

Prior to 20th century

• 1830 - Cotonou founded as a "slaving port."
• 1878 - Cotonou "ceded to France."^[1]
• 1883 - French occupation.
• 1899 - Wharf built.

20th century

• 1904 - Cotonou becomes part of colonial French Dahomey.
• 1908 - Deepwater harbor opens.
• 1912 - Cotonou becomes a "commune mixte."
• 1920s - Population: 8,500.
• 1928 - Ancien Pont (bridge) built.
• 1955 - Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cotonou established.^[2]
• 1957 - January: Pan-African General Union of Negro African Workers founded at a conference in Cotonou.
• 1960s - Tomety photo studio in operation.^[3]
• 1963
  • Dantokpa Market established.
  • Presidential Palace built.
• 1964
  • L'action populaire newspaper begins publication.^[4]
  • Nigerian Yoruba Community-Cotonou organization formed.^[5]
• 1965 - Port constructed.
• 1967 - Les Muses theatre troupe formed.^[6]
• 1968 - Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou (musical group) and Société Béninoise de Textiles^[7] established in Cotonou.
• 1970 - Université du Dahomey founded.
• 1975 - City becomes part of the People's Republic of Benin.
• 1980 - Association des écrivains et critiques littéraires du Bénin founded.^{[8] [9]}
• 1981 - Population: 383,250 (estimate).^[10]
• 1982 - Stade de l'Amitié (stadium) opens.
• 1988 - opens.
• 1986 - Sister city relationship established with Salvador, Brazil.
• 1990 - February: Benin constitutional conference held.^[11]
• 1992 - Population: 536,827.^[12]
• 1995
  • Centre de conferences international opens.
  • December: Meeting of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie held in city.^[13]
• 1996 - University of Science and Technology of Benin established.

21st century

• 2001 - L'Informateur newspaper begins publication.^[14]
• 2002 - Maison des Médias du Bénin founded.^{[15] [16]}
• 2003
  • 25 December: Airplane crash.^[17]
  • Nicéphore Soglo becomes mayor.
• 2005 - (museum) opens.
• 2009 - Population: 815,041.^[18]
• 2011 - Population: 924,000.^[19]
• 2013 - Population: 679,012.

References

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• Book: C.E. Bosworth. Encyclopaedia of Islam . 5. 1980. Brill . Leiden . Kotonou. R. Cornevin. https://books.google.com/books?id=J5U3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA279 . etal. .
  • Book: Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History . . Dickson Eyoh . Routledge . 0415234794 . 2003 . Cotonou, Benin .
• Cotonou's Klondike: African Traders and Second-Hand Car Markets in Bénin . J. Joost Beuving and Joost Beuving . Journal of Modern African Studies . 42. 4 . 511–537 . 2004. 3876137. 10.1017/S0022278X04000382 . 153955180 .
• Lebanese Traders in Cotonou: A Socio-Cultural Analysis of Economic Mobility and Capital Accumulation. J. Joost Beuving. Africa: Journal of the International African Institute . 76. 3. 324–351. 2006. 40022740. 10.3366/afr.2006.0036. 56422479.
• Book: Benin. 2006. . 978-1-84162-148-7 . Cotonou . https://books.google.com/books?id=qM4f8MNsCW4C&pg=PA85. .

in French

• Cotonou porte du Dahomey . Paule Brasseur-Marion . . 6 . fr . . 1953.
• Gautier Pirotte . Marc Poncelet . Société civile et nouvelle gouvernance au Bénin: Quelques réflexions illustrées à partir de l'analyse du nouveau secteur ONG à Cotonou . . 26 . fr . . 2003.
• Book: Sébastien Dossa Sotindjo . Cotonou: l'explosion d'une capitale économique, 1945-1985 . . Paris . 9782296111516 . fr . 2009.
• Book: Benin. 2011. . fr . Cotonou . 9782746929241. https://books.google.com/books?id=8x2RbmpD67IC&pg=PA65. . Auzias. Dominique. Labourdette. Jean-Paul.

External links

• Web site: (Cotonou) . . UK . (Bibliography of open access articles)
• Web site: (Cotonou) . . (Images, etc.)
• Web site: (Cotonou) . . (Images, etc.)
• Web site: (Cotonou) . . . Germany . (Bibliography)
• Web site: (Cotonou) . Connecting-Africa . . Leiden, Netherlands . (Bibliography)
• Web site: (Cotonou) . . (Bibliography)

Notes and References

1. Book: Mathurin C. Houngnikpo. Samuel Decalo . 4th . Historical Dictionary of Benin. 2013. . 978-0-8108-7171-7 . US .
2. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Benin . www.katolsk.no . . Norway . 30 September 2014 .
3. Book: John Peffer and Elisabeth L. Cameron. Portraiture and Photography in Africa. 2013. Indiana University Press. 978-0-253-00872-5 . Yoruba Studio Photographers in Francophone West Africa . Erika Nimis . 102–140 .
4. Web site: Cotonou (Benin) -- Newspapers . . Chicago, US . Global Resources Network . 30 September 2014 .
5. Book: Toyin Falola and Aribidesi Adisa Usman. Movements, Borders, and Identities in Africa . 2009. University Rochester Press. 978-1-58046-296-9.
6. Book: Don Rubin. World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre . 3: Africa . 1997. Routledge. 978-1-136-35949-1 . Benin . 57+ . etal.
7. Book: Africa South of the Sahara 2004 . Regional Surveys of the World . . 2004 . 1857431839 . Benin: Directory .
8. Book: Kamal Salhi. Francophone Studies: Discourse and Identity . 2000. Elm Bank . Exeter, UK . 978-1-902454-05-4 . Discourse in the Periodicals of 20th-Century Benin .
9. Web site: African & Caribbean Literature in French . Howard University Library . Mohamed Mekkawi . 30 September 2014 .
10. Book: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1980_round.htm . 1985 Demographic Yearbook . 1987 . United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office . New York . Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants . 247–289 .
11. Web site: Benin: Chronologie . fr . . 30 September 2014 .
12. Book: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1990_round.htm . 1995 Demographic Yearbook . 1997 . United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division . New York . Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants . 262–321 .
13. Book: Victor T. Le Vine. Politics in Francophone Africa. 2004. Lynne Rienner Publishers. 978-1-58826-249-3.
14. Web site: City Guide: Journaux . Cotonou ça bouge . Portail Internet des Villes Africaines . fr . 30 September 2014 .
15. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20090426111327/http://www.mdmbenin.org/ . Maison des Médias . Cotonou . fr . 26 April 2009 . dead .
16. Web site: Benin: News . Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources . Stanford University . US . Karen Fung . 30 September 2014 .
17. News: Benin Profile: Timeline . BBC News . 11 April 2011 . 30 September 2014 .
18. Book: Britannica Book of the Year 2014. 2014. Encyclopædia Britannica. 978-1-62513-171-3 . Benin . 549+ .
19. Book: The State of African Cities 2014 . 978-92-1-132598-0 . . 30 September 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140910195641/https://unhabitat.org/the-state-of-african-cities-2014/ . 10 September 2014 . 2015-09-10 .