Andrée Touré

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Hadja Andrée Touré

Hadja Andrée Touré (* 1934 as Marie-Andrée Duplantier in Macenta ) was the wife of Guinean President and dictator Ahmed Sékou Touré, the first First Lady of Guinea , which gained independence in 1958.

Life

Touré was the daughter of the French military doctor Paul-Marie Duplantier and the Guinean Kaïssa Kourouma. Her father left the country when the Second World War began . She grew up - as is traditional in Guinea with the maternal name Andrée Kouruma - in Kankan with the family of her uncle Sinkoun Kaba. During this time she was introduced to Islam but like her father remained Catholic. From 1946 she attended the Collège des jeunes filles in Conakry run by the Joseph Sisters from Cluny . She left school with an élémentaire certification and became secretary of the women's association of the Union française .

She met Sékou Touré at her uncle Sinkoun Kaba . The families were in contact with each other, as Hadja Andrée's maternal grandfather grew up at Almamy Samory Touré. As was customary at the time, the marriage between the two was arranged by the families.

Sékou Touré would have liked to have the wedding ceremony in the Cathedral of Conakry, but did not get the approval of the responsible Archbishop Michel Bernard (1911-1993). The religious wedding took place on June 18, 1953 according to the Muslim rite in the Great Mosque of Kankan, as the religious practice of the time allowed, in the absence of the bride and groom. It was not Sékou Touré's first marriage. He had married a Guinean girl named Binetou Touré in 1944 and divorced on July 4, 1947. On January 9, 1948, he married a young Catholic woman named Marie N'Daw of Senegalese descent and divorced her in late 1952.

The couple first lived in the Sandervalia district, but moved to the mayor of Conakry's residence that same year . They stayed out of Guinean politics; but tried to maintain their social rank. She converted to Islam.

In March 1961, the couple's only son, Mohamed Touré, was born. Her husband died on March 26, 1984 in a hospital in the United States. After the death of her husband, a coup took place and she was arrested along with her son. In 1987, she was sentenced to eight years in prison but was released the following year after four years in prison. She then lived in Morocco , the Ivory Coast and Senegal and returned to Guinea in 2000. There she tried to preserve the memory of her husband and his role in the establishment of the Guinean state. Her son Mohamed Touré became general secretary of the Democratic Party of Guinea founded by his father .

Honors

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Mohamed Saliou Camara, Thomas O'Toole (Ed.): Historical Dictionary of Guinea . 5th edition. Scarecrow Press (Rowman & Littlefield), 2014, ISBN 978-0-8108-7823-5 , pp. 289 f., Books.google.de
  2. ↑ a b André Lewin. Éditions L'Harmattan, 2010, Chapter 15, June 18, 1953 Sékou Touré se marie
  3. ^ Mohamed Saliou Camara, Thomas O'Toole, Janice E. Baker: Touré, Hajja Andrée . Scarecrow Press, 2013, p. 289 (English, archive.wikiwix.com books.google.fr ).
  4. ↑ Walfadjri: Hadja André Touré (Veuve de l'ancien président guinéen Ahmed Sékou Touré): Il n'y a pas d'Etat en Guinée, car tout a été détruit . Sénéweb, February 11, 2010 ( archive.wikiwix.com seneweb.com ).
  5. ↑ a b Adjo Saabie: Epouses et concubines de chefs d'Etats africains. Quand Cendrillon épouse Barbe-Bleue . Éditions L'Harmattan, 2008.
  6. ↑ Clarisse Juompan-Yakam: Que sont devenues les veuves des anciens présidents africains? In: Jeune Afrique , November 20, 2012 ( archive.wikiwix.com jeuneafrique.com ).
  7. ↑ Guinée. Plusieurs dizaines de condamnations à mort parmi les proches de Sekou Touré . In: Le Monde , May 8, 1987 ( archive.wikiwix.com lemonde.fr )
  8. ↑ Guinée. La veuve de Sekou Touré est libre de quitter le pays . In: Le Monde , January 8, 1988 ( archive.wikiwix.com lemonde.fr )
  9. ^ André Silver Konan: Guinée: le fils de Sékou Touré appelle pouvoir et opposition à renouer le dialogue . In: Jeune Afrique , January 24, 2012 ( archive.wikiwix.com lemonde.fr ).
personal data
SURNAME Touré, Andrée
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Touré, Hadja Andrée (full name); Duplantier, Marie-Andrée (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Guinean President's wife
DATE OF BIRTH 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Macenta