Boké Museum
The Boké Prefectural Museum (
fort constructed in 1878.[1]
History
Prior to being restored as a museum, the Boké Fort was the location of the incarceration of two kings: Alfa Yaya of Labé and Dinah Salifou, the last king of the Nalu people.[2]
In 1971, the fort was transformed into a museum by Ahmed Sekou Touré, then restored in 1982 by the Friends of the Museum Association.
Collections
The Boké museum has a collection of objects from the different cultures and ethnic groups of the region:
symbols of fertility
. In the basement of the museum there are also some cells where prisoners were held.
References
- ISBN 978-0-7103-0378-3.)
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link - ^ "Museum - BOKÉ FORT (NOW A MUSEUM) - Boké". www.petitfute.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Musée de Boké.
10°56′00″N 14°17′45″W / 10.93337°N 14.29590°W
 | This article about a museum in Guinea is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |