Daddah
Americannoun
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When General Charles de Gaulle came to power, Daddah was Mauritania's only lawyer, and therefore the obvious man to lead his country to self-rule under the semiautonomous government allowed by the French in 1958.
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With the money, Moktar Quid Daddah hopes to build himself a country.
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The officers accused Daddah of corruption, but a more likely reason for the coup was Mauritania's woeful record in the drawn-out guerrilla war it is fighting, alongside Morocco, in the former Spanish Sahara.
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Today, with the help of French grants and loans, Daddah is slowly building a town; using seashells from the coast as a cheaper substitute for the gravel needed to make concrete.
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"As soon as I'm dressed, Daddah?" asked Mary Jane.
From Mary Jane: Her Book by Clara Ingram Judson
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