Hero or dictator? Ahmed Sékou Touré and the war of memory in Guinea

Forty years after his death, Ahmed Sékou Touré, the father of Guinea’s independence, is more popular than ever. For youngsters across West Africa looking for a hero, Sékou Touré could be what they are looking for. But this rehabilitation of the country’s former dictator glosses over the tens of thousands of deaths attributed to his regime, with access to the notorious Camp Boiro concentration camp now closed to victims’ families. Our correspondent Sarah Sakho reports.



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