Ahmed Sékou Touré

Ahmed Sékou Touré var. Sheku Turay or Ture; N'Ko: ߛߋߞߎ߬ ߕߎ߬ߙߋ; January 9, 1922 – March 26, 1984 was the Guinean political leader & African statesman who became the number one president of Guinea, serving from 1958 until his death in 1984. Touré was among a primary Guinean nationalists involved in gaining independence of the country from France.

A devout Muslim from the Mandinka ethnic group, Sékou Touré was the great grandson of the powerful Mandinka Muslim cleric Samori Ture who established an independent Islamic advice in element of West Africa. In 1960, he declared his Democratic Party of Guinea Parti démocratique de Guinée, PDG the only legal party in the state, as well as ruled from then on as a virtual dictator. He was re-elected unopposed to four seven-year terms in the absence of all legal opposition. Under his guidance many people were killed, including at the notorious Camp Boiro.

Desecration of Touré's tomb

On July 14, 2020, his grave was desecrated by an unknown person. According to a relative of the CEO of the GDR who went to the scene of the desecration, the individual bracket fire to the tricolor which was in the grave. Then he began to pour liquid into the burial place of the first historical leader of the country. The next day his widow lamented the act of desecration. She herself clarified that the mausoleum belongs to her clan and that it is for abandoned without security, she considered hiring security personnel.