Victoria Albis

Victoria Albis (d. after 1777), was a Senegalese signara. [1] She belonged to the most famous of the signaras on the island of Gorée in French Senegal. She was one of the most powerful business people in contemporary Senegal.

The present Henriette-Bathily Women's Museum was built by her.

Notes
  1. Gorée: the island and the Historical Museum. Abdoulaye Camara, Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire Cheikh Anta Diop, Joseph-Roger de Benoist, Musée historique du Sénégal.IFAN-Cheikh Anta Diop, 1993

Sources
  • Gorée: the island and the Historical Museum. Abdoulaye Camara, Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire Cheikh Anta Diop, Joseph-Roger de Benoist, Musée historique du Sénégal.IFAN-Cheikh Anta Diop, 1993
  • Globalizing the Postcolony: Contesting Discourses of Gender and Development. Claire H. Griffiths. 2010
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