Armand-Pierre Angrand

Who was Armand-Pierre Angrand?

Armand Pierre Angrand was a Senegalese politician, nobleman and writer and mayor of Gorée and Dakar in 1934. Son of Leopold Angrand, descendant of a prominent Métis Signares Goree. Grand son of Pierre Angrand, a rich merchant and shipowner and Helene de Saint-Jean, granddaughter of Estoupan of St. John, who signed the capitulation of Gorée 1758 against the British.

He wrote a basic guide for the Europeans,. Armand-Pierre Angrand was also a correspondent in the Senegal Universal Negro Improvement Association movement founded by Marcus Garvey.