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Daddah

American  
[dad-uh, dah-dah] / ˈdæd ə, ˈdɑ dɑ /

noun

  1. Mokhtar Ould 1924–2003, Mauritanian statesman: first president of the Republic of Mauritania 1961–78.


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Mauritania's Premier Moktar Quid Daddah, 35, was just back from Paris and Washington with a $66 million World Bank loan.

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With the money, Moktar Quid Daddah hopes to build himself a country.

From Time Magazine Archive

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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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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"Oh, did you see his nest?" exclaimed Mary Jane excitedly; "his really truly for sure nest, Daddah?"

From Mary Jane: Her Book by Judson, Clara Ingram