Timeline of Conakry

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

Prior to 20th century

• 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

• 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

• 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.

See also

• List of Conakry mayors and other local officials (in French)
• History of Guinea
• Politics of Guinea

References

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

Bibliography

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.
  JSTOR 486222
  .
• Nicole D. Anderson (2003). "Conakry, Guinea". In
  ISBN 978-1-134-56584-9
  .
• Odile Goerg (2005). "Conakry". In
  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.
  S2CID 143660664
  .
• "Guinea: Conakry". West Africa.
  ISBN 978-1-74104-821-6
  .
• Odile Goerg (2011), Simon Bekker and Goran Therborn (ed.), "Conakry", Capital Cities in Africa: Power and Powerlessness, Dakar:
  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.
  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:
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  )
• Odile Goerg (1985). "Conakry: un modèle de ville coloniale française? Règlements fonciers et urbanisme, de 1885 aux années 1920".
  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].
  Revues.org.

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