The Archive
Primary sources of African unity and independence: speeches, photographs, film and documents, each with its source and its story.
Photograph
Ahmed Sékou Touré at the White House, 1962
A portrait of Guinea's president during his visit to President Kennedy at the White House.
Photograph
Kwame Nkrumah meets President Kennedy, 1961
Ghana's president and the American president at a press appearance during Nkrumah's visit to Washington.
Photograph
Ahmed Sékou Touré, portrait of 27 September 1958
A portrait of the Guinean leader published the day before the referendum in which Guinea chose independence.
