Charles Monteil was a French civil servant who combined a career in administration with studies in the ethnology, languages, and history of French West Africa.
20 Facts About Charles Monteil
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Charles Monteil was born in Paris on 22 February 1871.
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Charles Monteil was the brother of Parfait-Louis Monteil, a French colonial military officer and explorer.
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Charles Monteil was admitted to the military academy of Saint-Cyr in 1892.
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In 1898 Charles Monteil was the first to have collected a soninke version of the legend of Wagadu on the founding of the Mandingo Empire, published in 1967 in an edition edited by Abdoulaye Bathily.
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Charles Monteil wrote the answer to the Questionnaire concerning the legal customs of the natives of Africa issued by the Berlin-based International Union of Law and Political Economy and transmitted by the French Colonial Union.
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Charles Monteil was promoted to head of the Djenne cercle in May 1901.
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Charles Monteil was head of the French Sudan economy and trade office at the Colonial Office in Paris for two years.
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Charles Monteil was a senior writer at the Caisse des depots et consignations in Paris from 1904 to 1911.
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Charles Monteil lectured in Sudanese languages at the National School of Living Oriental Languages from 1904 to 1909.
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Charles Monteil graduated with a degree in law in 1911.
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Charles Monteil worked with the Comite des etudes historiques et scientifiques de l'AOF and the Institut d'Afrique Noire in Dakar, Senegal.
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Charles Monteil received awards from the National Agricultural Society of France in 1903, the Geographical Society of Paris in 1916 and 1924, and the Institute of France in 1917 and 1925.
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Charles Monteil was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour and Officer of the Academy.
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Charles Monteil was a holder of the Colonial Medal.
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Charles Monteil was elected a corresponding member of the Academy of Colonial Sciences from its foundation in 1923.
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Charles Monteil published many books and articles on the languages, history, and ethnography of French West Africa.
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D'apres Tudo Yaresi Charles Monteil discusses the origin of Dinga, founder of the Ghana Empire, who came from lands in the direction of Mecca, spent some time in Djenne, and had many descendants from three marriages.
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Charles Monteil suggests that Dinga's family came from Jerusalem and he was descended from Solomon by Yuba.
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Charles Monteil was born in Lulami or Durame, spent his youth in Masya, went to Uruguntu where his mother died, and arrived in Louti where he acquired power over the rain, before coming to Djenne.