Victoria Albis
Victoria Albis (d. after 1777), was a Senegalese signara. She belonged to the most famous of the so-called 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.
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- 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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