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Conakry — Guinea says “Non”
2 Oct 1958 — Sékou Touré’s Guinea alone rejects de Gaulle’s Community: “We prefer poverty in freedom to riches in slavery.” France withdraws its files, telephones and even light bulbs within weeks.
This is one scene of Chapter 5 — The Year of Africa in The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994.
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