Name: Dubréka
Address: Dubréka, West Africa & Sahel

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Ahmed Sékou Touré

Guinean politician (1922–1984) from Faranah, a trade-union leader who led the Democratic Party of Guinea to independence from France in 1958 and became Guinea's first president (1958–1984), ruling as a one-party authoritarian until he died in Cleveland, United States, on 26 March 1984 during cardiac treatment. He was born to a Mandinka Muslim family, studied at a Qur'anic school, and was the great-grandson of Samori Ture, founder of the Wassoulou Empire.

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