Browsing: Guinea

Miriam Makeba would have turned 93 today. An extraordinary musician and champion for human rights, her impact still reverberates around the world. Not only was she…

Guinea’s founding leader, Ahmed Sékou Touré – one of Africa’s leading statesmen of all time – was born on this day (9 January) in 1922. As…

The West African country of Guinea gained independence on this day, 2 October 1958, after 65 years of French rule. When French President Charles de Gaulle…