Ahmed Sékou Touré
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Colonialism, Colonies, Settlements, African Americans, Blacks, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Revolutions, Rebellions, Uprisings, Riots, Socialism, Socialists
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, French History, African History
Article abstract: A lifelong revolutionary nationalist, Touré led Guinea in 1958 to independence from French colonial rule by securing, in all of Francophone Africa, the only no vote against affiliation with the French Community. Guinea’s president from independence in 1958 until his death twenty-six years later, he implemented radical sociopolitical transformations. A leading revolutionary African ideologue, Touré left the imprint of his socialist vision on all aspects of Guinean life.
Early Life
Ahmed Sékou Touré was born on January 9, 1922, in...
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