Timeline of Conakry

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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
Conakry, 1956

21st century
Aerial view of Conakry, 2004

See also

References
  1. Goerg 2005.
  2. Mohamed Saliou Camara; et al. (2013). Historical Dictionary of Guinea (5th ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7969-0.
  3. "France: Africa: French West Africa and the Sahara". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. pp. 895–903 – via Internet Archive. French Guinea
  4. Eric S. Charry (2000). Mande Music: Traditional and Modern Music of the Maninka and Mandinka of Western Africa. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-10161-3.
  5. Goerg 2011.
  6. Elizabeth Schmidt (2007). Cold War and Decolonization in Guinea, 1946-1958. Ohio University Press. ISBN 978-0-8214-1763-8.
  7. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Guinea". www.katolsk.no. Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  8. Anderson 2003.
  9. "Conakry (Guinea) -- Newspapers". Global Resources Network. Chicago, US: Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  10. "Membres" (in French). Agence universitaire de la Francophonie. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  11. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
  12. Don Rubin; et al., eds. (1997). "Guinea". World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre. 3: Africa. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-35949-1.
  13. United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division (1997). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 262–321.
  14. Clifford May (29 March 1984), "Thousands Mourn Death of Toure", New York Times
  15. "Guinea: Directory". Europa World Year Book 2004. Europa Publications. ISBN 1857432533.
  16. "Guinée". Liste des libraires (in French). Paris: Association internationale des Libraires francophones. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  17. Jeffrey Gettleman (25 December 2008), "Military Coup Succeeds Easily in Guinea", New York Times
  18. "Guinea Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  19. "The Challenges of Daily Life in Conakry, Guinea". Global Voices. 7 January 2014.
  20. "Guinea: Violent Confrontations in Conakry Prior To The Second Round". Global Voices. 13 September 2010.
  21. The State of African Cities 2014. United Nations Human Settlements Programme. 10 September 2015. ISBN 978-92-1-132598-0. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  22. "Resco Camara quitte le gouvernorat de Conakry". lejourguinee.com (in French). 20 March 2014.
  23. "Table 8 - Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants", Demographic Yearbook – 2018, United Nations

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 Paul Tiyambe Zeleza and Dickson Eyoh (ed.). Encyclopaedia of Twentieth-Century African History. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-56584-9.
  • Odile Goerg (2005). "Conakry". In Kevin Shillington (ed.). 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 (4): 3–27. doi:10.1353/at.2006.0044. 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. (eds.). Living the City in Africa: Processes of Invention and Intervention. Lit Verlag. ISBN 978-3-643-80152-4.
in French
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