Guinea
Facts and historical events related to Guinea, drawn from the Provenance Africa archive and the On This Day collection.
- Here's why Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first President, sent £10 million of Ghana's hard earned money to Guin…
- Guinean President Alpha Condé was captured by armed forces in a coup d'état led by Colonel Mamady Doumbouya… (2021)
- This 'Monument of 22 November' in Conakry, Guinea, celebrates a FAILED 1970 Portuguese invasion of Guinea i…
- Jeanne Martin Cissé, Guinean politician and independence-era figure who became the first woman to preside o… (2017)
- From our favourite Guinean model, Sira Kante, good evening everyone 😊
- Jean-Marie Doré, Guinean lawyer and politician who served as prime minister during the country's 2010 polit… (2016)
- In 1966 Guinean President Ahmed Sékou Touré made Kwame Nkrumah co-president of Guinea after his ousting as…
- Guinean President Alpha Condé survived an assassination attempt and coup bid at his residence in Conakry. (2011)
- Guinean security forces opened fire on opposition supporters gathered at a stadium in Conakry, killing at l… (2009)
- Katoucha Niane, Guinean model and author known as the muse of Yves Saint Laurent, dies. (2008)
- Amadou Diallo, an unarmed Guinean immigrant, is shot 19 times and killed by NYPD officers in the Bronx, spa… (1999)
- Naby Keïta, Guinean international footballer, is born. (1995)
- Amílcar Cabral, the leader of the independence movements in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, was assassinated… (1973)
- Titina Silá, Bissau-Guinean revolutionary and PAIGC commander who fought for independence from Portugal, wa… (1973)
- Fodeba Keita, the Guinean playwright and choreographer who founded Les Ballets Africains, died in the Camp… (1969)
- Mory Kanté, Guinean singer whose 'Yé ké yé ké' became an international hit, was born. (1950)
- Robert Sarah, the Guinean cardinal who became one of the most prominent African voices in the Roman Catholi… (1945)