Timeline of Conakry
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Conakry, Guinea.
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Prior to 20th century
- 1885 - French in power on Tombo Island.
- 1891 - Conakry becomes capital of French colonial Riviéres du Sud.[2]
- 1893 - Conakry becomes part of colonial French Guinea.[2]
20th century
- 1904 - Conakry municipality established.
- 1913 - Kankan-Conakry railway begins operating.
- 1928 - Cathedrale Sainte-Marie construction begins.
- 1937 - La Douce Parisette (musical group) active.[4]
- 1943 - Population: 21,217 city; 5,586 suburbs.
- 1947 - Franco-Guinean Union (political party) headquartered in city.[6]
- 1948 - Population: 30,000.
- 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.
- 1958
- City becomes part of independent Guinea.
- Population: 78,388.[8]
- Area of city: 2,000 hectares.[8]
- 1959 - Donka Hospital built.
- 1960
- 1960s - Bembeya Jazz band active.
- 1961 - Horoya newspaper begins publication.[9]
- 1962
- 1964
- 1966 - Palais du Peuple built.[11]
- 1970 - 22 November: Portuguese invasion of Guinea-Conakry.
- 1971
- 1975 - Horoya Athlétique Club formed.
- 1982 - Conakry Grand Mosque opens.
- 1983
- Population: 100,000.[8]
- Area of city: 6,900 hectares.[8]
- 1984 - March: Funeral of Ahmed Sékou Touré.[12]
- 1985 - Conakry International Airport terminal built.[2]
- 1991 - City administration sectioned into 5 communes: Dixinn, Kaloum, Matam, Matoto, Ratoma.
- 1992 - Le Lynx satirical newspaper begins publication.[13]
- 1998 - Presidential Palace rebuilt.
- 1999 - Hotel Mariador Palace in business.
21st century
See also
References
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.
Bibliography
- 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. JSTOR 486222.
- Nicole D. Anderson (2003). "Conakry, Guinea". In Paul Tiyambe Zeleza and Dickson Eyoh. Encyclopaedia of Twentieth-Century African History. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-56584-9.
- Odile Goerg (2005). "Conakry". In Kevin Shillington. 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. JSTOR 4187737.
- "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
- Joschka Philipps (2013). "Youth gangs and urban political protests: a relational perspective on Conakry's 'Axis of Evil'". In Brigit Obrist; et al. Living the City in Africa: Processes of Invention and Intervention. Lit Verlag. ISBN 978-3-643-80152-4.
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