What is Modibo Keïta?
{{for|the 8th [[Prime Minister of Mali]]|Modibo Keita (born 1942)}} [[Image:Modibo Keita 1961-09-13.jpg|thumb|Keïta in 1961]] '''Modibo Keïta''' (4 June 1915 – 16 May 1977) was the first [[Heads of state of Mali|President of Mali]] (1960–1968) and the [[Prime Minister]] of the [[Mali Federation]]. He espoused a form of African socialism.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kurtz|first=Donn M.|date=1970|title=Political Integration in Africa: The Mali Federation|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/158851|journal=The Journal of Modern African Studies|volume=8|issue=3|pages=405–424|issn=0022-278X}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} == Other websites == {{Commonscat-inline|Modibo Keita}} {{Pan-Africanism}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Keita, Modibo}} [[Category:1915 births]] [[Category:1977 deaths]] [[Category:Presidents of Mali]] [[Category:Prime Ministers of Mali]]