Ahmed Sekou Toure

First President of Guinea, whose 1958 'No' to de Gaulle's French Community made Guinea the only French African colony to choose immediate independence. He ruled as an increasingly repressive one-party socialist until his death in 1984.

• Lived: 1922 CE – 1984 CE
• Nationality: guinean
• Roles: head_of_state

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