Ahmed Sékou Touré, portrait of 27 September 1958
Photograph
A portrait of the Guinean leader published the day before the referendum in which Guinea chose independence.
Context
The portrait appeared in the Congolese magazine Présence Congolaise on the eve of the referendum of 28 September 1958. In that vote, Guineans led by Touré rejected membership of de Gaulle's French Community, and Guinea became independent on 2 October 1958.
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Ahmed Sékou Touré at the White House, 1962
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