Touré, Ahmed Sékou, 1922-1984

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Ahmed Sékou Touré was the first president of Guinea, serving from 1958 until his death in 1984. Touré was among the primary Guinean nationalists involved in gaining independence of the country from France. A devout Muslim from the Mandinka ethnic group, Sékou Touré was the great-grandson of the powerful Mandinka Muslim cleric Samori Ture who established an independent Islamic rule in part of West Africa. In 1960, he declared his Democratic Party of Guinea (Parti démocratique de Guinée, PDG) the only legal party in the state, and ruled from then on as a virtual dictator. He was re-elected unopposed to four seven-year terms in the absence of any legal opposition. Under his rule many people were killed, including at the notorious Camp Boiro.

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referencedIn Oliver Tambo papers University of Connecticut. Libraries
referencedIn W. Averell Harriman Papers, 1869-1988, (bulk 1895-1986) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Commémorant le 1er anniversaire de la victoire du peuple de Guinée sur l'impérialisme international : sound recording, 1971 Hoover Institution Archives
referencedIn Robert Foster Corrigan papers, 1958-1975 Hoover Institution Archives
referencedIn Elder, Alfonso, 1898-1974. Alfonso Elder scrapbook, 1948-1965. North Carolina Central University, James E. Shepard Memorial Library
creatorOf Papers of Julian Bond 1897-2006 University of Virginia. Small Special Collections Library
referencedIn Robert Foster Corrigan papers, 1958-1975 Hoover Institution Archives
referencedIn Baraka, Amiri, 1934-. Amiri Baraka / Leroi Jones collection, 1961-1972 Newark Public Library, Main Library
referencedIn Attwood, William, 1919-. Papers, 1940-1987. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Photographs, 1947 - 1979 Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
creatorOf Touré, Ahmed Sékou, 1922-1984. Commémorant le 1er anniversaire de la victoire du peuple de Guinée sur l'impérialisme international : sound recording, 1971. Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library
referencedIn [Guinea--Speeches pamphlets]. Library of Congress
referencedIn Sellers, Cleveland, 1944-. Cleveland L. Sellers, Jr. papers, 1934-2003 (bulk 1960-1980). College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library
referencedIn Presidential Correspondence with Foreign Leaders (Ford Administration). 1974 - 1977. Presidential Correspondence with Foreign Leaders Gerald R. Ford Library
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associatedWith Attwood, William, 1919- person
associatedWith Baraka, Amiri, 1934- person
associatedWith Bond, Julian, 1940- person
associatedWith Corrigan, Robert Foster, 1914- person
associatedWith Corrigan, Robert Foster, 1914- person
associatedWith Elder, Alfonso, 1898-1974. person
associatedWith Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986. person
associatedWith Sellers, Cleveland, 1944- person
associatedWith Tambo, Oliver, 1917- person
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Cleveland OH US
Republic of Guinea 00 GN
Faranah F GN
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Birth 1922-01-09

Death 1984-03-26

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