Samori Ture
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Samori Ture, also known as Samori Toure, Samory Touré, or Almamy Samore Lafiya Toure, was a Malinke Muslim cleric, military strategist, and founder of an empire that stretched across present-day north
Almamy Samory Touré
The grave of French soldiers who fell during the battle of Bissandugu
Samori Ture after being captured, 29 September 1898
Ahmed Sékou Touré
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Ahmed Sékou Touré was a Guinean political leader and African statesman who was the first president of Guinea from 1958 until his death in 1984. Touré was among the primary Guinean nationalists involve
Samori Ture
…Ture resisted French colonial rule in West Africa from 1882 until his capture in 1898. He was the great-grandfather of Guinea's first president, Ahmed Sékou Touré. Samori Ture was born c. 1830 in Manyambaladugu, the son of Kemo Lanfia Ture, a Dyula weaver and merchant, and Sokhona Camara. The family moved to…
Touré in 1962
Sékou Touré in 1958
Sékou Touré visiting Yugoslavia in 1961