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history of Guinea: Media
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northwest Africa, c. 1902
Map of northwest Africa showing Guinea-Bissau (then Portuguese Guinea) and Guinea...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
colonization of Africa by European countries
Map showing the colonization of Africa by European countries in the early 1900s.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Sékou Touré
Sékou Touré arriving in Washington, D.C., June 29, 1982.
William Firaneck/U.S. Department of Defense (DF-SC-83-08641)