Timeline of Conakry

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Conakry, Guinea.

Prior to 20th century[edit]

1885 – French in power on Tombo Island.^[1]
1891 – Conakry becomes capital of French colonial Riviéres du Sud.^[2]
1893 – Conakry becomes part of colonial French Guinea.^[2]

20th century[edit]

1904 – Conakry municipality established.^[1]
1914 – Kankan-Conakry railway begins operating.^[3]
1928 – Cathedrale Sainte-Marie construction begins.
1937 – La Douce Parisette (musical group) active.^[4]
1943 – Population: 21,217 city; 5,586 suburbs.^[5]
1947 – Franco-Guinean Union (political party) headquartered in city.^[6]
1948 – Population: 30,000 city.^[1]
1951 – Hafia Football Club formed.
1954 – Hotel de France in business.
1955 – Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Conakry established.^[7]
1956 – Ahmed Sékou Touré elected mayor.^[1]
1958
- City becomes part of independent Guinea.
- Population: 78,388 city.^[8]
- Area of city: 2,000 hectares.^[8]
1959 – Donka Hospital built.
1960
- Camp Boiro concentration camp begins operating.
- Sandervalia National Museum established.
1960s – Bembeya Jazz band active.
1961 – Horoya newspaper begins publication.^[9]
1962
- Polytechnical Institute of Conakry established.^[10]
- Stade du 28 Septembre opens.^[5]
1964
- Quinzaines Artistiques cultural festival begins.^[2]
- Hotel Palm Camayenne in business.
- Population: 175,000 urban agglomeration (including city).^[11]
1966 – Palais du Peuple built.^[12]
1967 – Population: 197,267 urban agglomeration (estimate).^[13]
1970 – 22 November: Portuguese invasion of Guinea-Conakry.
1971
- January: Hanging of government officials on 8 November Bridge.^[2]
- Monument du 22 Novembre 1970 erected.
1973 – 20 January: Assassination of Bissau-Guinean revolutionary Amílcar Cabral.
1975 – Horoya Athlétique Club formed.
1982 – Conakry Grand Mosque opens.
1983
- Population: 100,000 city.^[8]
- Area of city: 6,900 hectares.^[8]
1984 – March: Funeral of Ahmed Sékou Touré.^[14]
1985 – Conakry International Airport terminal built.^[2]
1991 – City administration sectioned into 5 communes: Dixinn, Kaloum, Matam, Matoto, Ratoma.^[5]
1992 – Le Lynx satirical newspaper begins publication.^[15]
1998 – Presidential Palace rebuilt.^[5]
1999 – Hotel Mariador Palace in business.

21st century[edit]

2004 – Maison du Livre (bookshop) in business.^[16]
2007 – January–February: 2007 Guinean general strike.
2008
- 26 September: Funeral of Lansana Conté.
- 23 December: 2008 Guinean coup d'état.^[17]
2009 – 28 September: 2009 Guinea protest and crackdown.^[18]^[19]
2010 – September: Pre-election unrest.^[20]
2011
- Nongo Stadium built.
- Population: 1,786,000 (urban agglomeration).^[21]
2014
- March: Conakry regional governor Sékou Resco Camara leaves office.^[22]
- Population: 1,659,785.^[23]
2017 – City named World Book Capital by UNESCO
2021
5 September – 2021 Guinean coup d'état.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Goerg 2005.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Mohamed Saliou Camara; et al. (2013). Historical Dictionary of Guinea (5th ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7969-0.
^ "France: Africa: French West Africa and the Sahara". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. pp. 895–903 – via Internet Archive. French Guinea
^ Eric S. Charry (2000). Mande Music: Traditional and Modern Music of the Maninka and Mandinka of Western Africa. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-10161-3.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Goerg 2011.
^ Elizabeth Schmidt (2007). Cold War and Decolonization in Guinea, 1946-1958. Ohio University Press. ISBN 978-0-8214-1763-8.
^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Guinea". www.katolsk.no. Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved 30 September 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Anderson 2003.
^ "Conakry (Guinea) -- Newspapers". Global Resources Network. Chicago, US: Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
^ "Membres" (in French). Agence universitaire de la Francophonie. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
^ Don Rubin; et al., eds. (1997). "Guinea". World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre. Vol. 3: Africa. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-35949-1.
^ United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division (1997). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 262–321. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Clifford May (29 March 1984), "Thousands Mourn Death of Toure", New York Times
^ "Guinea: Directory". Europa World Year Book 2004. Europa Publications. 29 July 2004. ISBN 1857432533.
^ "Guinée". Liste des libraires (in French). Paris: Association internationale des Libraires francophones. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
^ Jeffrey Gettleman (25 December 2008), "Military Coup Succeeds Easily in Guinea", New York Times
^ "Guinea Profile: Timeline". BBC News. 18 May 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
^ "The Challenges of Daily Life in Conakry, Guinea". Global Voices. 7 January 2014.
^ "Guinea: Violent Confrontations in Conakry Prior To The Second Round". Global Voices. 13 September 2010.
^ The State of African Cities 2014. United Nations Human Settlements Programme. 10 September 2015. ISBN 978-92-1-132598-0. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
^ "Resco Camara quitte le gouvernorat de Conakry". lejourguinee.com (in French). 20 March 2014.
^ "Table 8 - Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants", Demographic Yearbook – 2018, United Nations

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.

Bibliography[edit]

in English

Odile Goerg (1998). "From Hill Station (Freetown) to Downtown Conakry (First Ward): Comparing French and British Approaches to Segregation in Colonial Cities at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century". Canadian Journal of African Studies. 32 (1): 1–31. doi:10.2307/486222. JSTOR 486222.
Nicole D. Anderson (2003). "Conakry, Guinea". In Paul Tiyambe Zeleza and Dickson Eyoh (ed.). Encyclopaedia of Twentieth-Century African History. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-56584-9.
Odile Goerg (2005). "Conakry". In Kevin Shillington (ed.). Encyclopedia of African History. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-135-45670-2.
Odile Goerg (2006). "Chieftainships between Past and Present: From City to Suburb and Back in Colonial Conakry, 1890s-1950s". Africa Today. 52 (4): 3–27. doi:10.1353/at.2006.0044. JSTOR 4187737. S2CID 143660664.
"Guinea: Conakry". West Africa. Lonely Planet. 2009. pp. 401+. ISBN 978-1-74104-821-6.
Odile Goerg (2011), Simon Bekker and Goran Therborn (ed.), "Conakry", Capital Cities in Africa: Power and Powerlessness, Dakar: Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, ISBN 978-2-8697-8495-6, archived from the original on 2016-03-04, retrieved 2014-09-25
Joschka Philipps (2013). "Youth gangs and urban political protests: a relational perspective on Conakry's 'Axis of Evil'". In Brigit Obrist; et al. (eds.). Living the City in Africa: Processes of Invention and Intervention. Lit Verlag. ISBN 978-3-643-80152-4.

in French

Ch. Brossard, ed. (1906). "Afrique occidentale française: Guinée française: Villes principales: Conakry". Colonies françaises. Géographie pittoresque et monumentale de la France (in French). Paris: Flammarion. hdl:2027/mdp.39015005579753. (+ table of contents)
Odile Goerg (1985). "Conakry: un modèle de ville coloniale française? Règlements fonciers et urbanisme, de 1885 aux années 1920". Cahiers d'Études africaines (in French). 25 (99): 309–335. doi:10.3406/cea.1985.1733 – via Persee.fr.
Julie Kébé-Gangneux (2016). "Quand les citadins font et défont la ville à Conakry: le droit à l'espace" [When citizens assemble and disassemble the city in Conakry: the right to space]. Environnement Urbain (in French). 10. Montreal: INRS-Urbanisation, Culture et Société [fr] – via Revues.org.

External links[edit]

"(Conakry)". Directory of Open Access Journals. UK. (Bibliography of open access articles)
"(Conakry)" – via Europeana. (Images, etc.)
"(Conakry)" – via Digital Public Library of America. (Images, etc.)
"(Conakry)". Internet Library Sub-Saharan Africa. Germany: Frankfurt University Library. (Bibliography)
"(Conakry)". Connecting-Africa. Leiden, Netherlands: African Studies Centre. (Bibliography)
"(Conakry)". AfricaBib.org. (Bibliography)
Christian Zimmermann (ed.). "(Conakry)". Research Papers in Economics. US: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. (Bibliography)
"Conakry, Guinea". BlackPast.org. US. 26 August 2014.

[FOOTNOTEGoerg2005-1] Goerg 2005.

[Camara2013-2] Mohamed Saliou Camara; et al. (2013). Historical Dictionary of Guinea (5th ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7969-0.

[Statesman1921-3] "France: Africa: French West Africa and the Sahara". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. pp. 895–903 – via Internet Archive. French Guinea

[Charry2000-4] Eric S. Charry (2000). Mande Music: Traditional and Modern Music of the Maninka and Mandinka of Western Africa. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-10161-3.

[FOOTNOTEGoerg2011-5] Goerg 2011.

[Schmidt2007-6] Elizabeth Schmidt (2007). Cold War and Decolonization in Guinea, 1946-1958. Ohio University Press. ISBN 978-0-8214-1763-8.

[katolsk-7] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Guinea". www.katolsk.no. Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved 30 September 2014.

[FOOTNOTEAnderson2003-8] Anderson 2003.

[CRLnewspapers-9] "Conakry (Guinea) -- Newspapers". Global Resources Network. Chicago, US: Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved 30 September 2014.

[10] "Membres" (in French). Agence universitaire de la Francophonie. Retrieved 30 September 2014.

[11] "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.

[DiakhateEyoh2013-12] Don Rubin; et al., eds. (1997). "Guinea". World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre. Vol. 3: Africa. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-35949-1.

[13] United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division (1997). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 262–321. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[14] Clifford May (29 March 1984), "Thousands Mourn Death of Toure", New York Times

[europa2004-world-15] "Guinea: Directory". Europa World Year Book 2004. Europa Publications. 29 July 2004. ISBN 1857432533.

[16] "Guinée". Liste des libraires (in French). Paris: Association internationale des Libraires francophones. Retrieved 30 September 2014.

[17] Jeffrey Gettleman (25 December 2008), "Military Coup Succeeds Easily in Guinea", New York Times

[bbc-timeline-18] "Guinea Profile: Timeline". BBC News. 18 May 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2014.

[globalvoices2014-19] "The Challenges of Daily Life in Conakry, Guinea". Global Voices. 7 January 2014.

[20] "Guinea: Violent Confrontations in Conakry Prior To The Second Round". Global Voices. 13 September 2010.

[unhabitat2014-21] The State of African Cities 2014. United Nations Human Settlements Programme. 10 September 2015. ISBN 978-92-1-132598-0. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.

[22] "Resco Camara quitte le gouvernorat de Conakry". lejourguinee.com (in French). 20 March 2014.

[23] "Table 8 - Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants", Demographic Yearbook – 2018, United Nations

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