This ruler established a national currency called the sily, or "elephant", which created financial chaos, and he rose to power on the motto "we prefer poverty in liberty to riches in slavery."
This ruler established a national currency called the sily, or "elephant", which created financial chaos, and he rose to power on the motto "we prefer poverty in liberty to riches in slavery." His overthrow was the goal of Operation Green Sea, after he'd set up a one-party state under the PDG, a wing of the African Democratic Rally. This author of the collection "Militant Poems" gained infamy for using Camp Boiro National Guard Barracks as a political prison, executing over 50,000 people, sparking a naval attack on his capital by Portuguese troops in 1970. His name was shared by his great grandfather Samori, who fought the Mandingo Wars against the French in the 1880s. He granted asylum to Stokely Carmichael, who adopted his name in tribute, and also provided a haven for Kwame Nkrumah. FTP, name this dictator who ruled from Conakry as the first President of Guinea.
This ruler established a national currency called the sily, or "elephant", which created financial chaos, and he rose to power on the motto "we prefer poverty in liberty to riches in slavery."
Ahmed {Sekou Touré} (or {Segou Touré} )