Ahmed Sékou Touré
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Ahmed Sékou Touré was a Guinean nationalist leader and the country’s first president, known for his staunch anti-colonial stance, pan-Africanist ideology, and authoritarian rule.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ahmed Sékou Touré canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6683748 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ahmed Sékou Touré Context triple: [All-African People’s Revolutionary Party, inspiredBy, Ahmed Sékou Touré]
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A.
Hassan Gouled Aptidon
Hassan Gouled Aptidon was a Djiboutian statesman who led the country to independence and served as its founding president for over two decades.
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B.
Ahmed Ben Bella
Ahmed Ben Bella was an Algerian revolutionary leader and the first President of independent Algeria, known for promoting a blend of Arab nationalism and Islamic socialism.
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C.
Samori Touré
Samori Touré was a 19th-century West African military leader and founder of the Wassoulou Empire, known for his prolonged resistance against French colonial expansion.
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D.
Alhaji Kromah
Alhaji Kromah was a prominent Liberian warlord and political figure who led the ULIMO-K faction during the First Liberian Civil War.
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E.
Gamal Nkrumah
Gamal Nkrumah is a Ghanaian journalist and political analyst known for his work with the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram and for being the son of Ghana’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ahmed Sékou Touré Target entity description: Ahmed Sékou Touré was a Guinean nationalist leader and the country’s first president, known for his staunch anti-colonial stance, pan-Africanist ideology, and authoritarian rule.
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A.
Hassan Gouled Aptidon
Hassan Gouled Aptidon was a Djiboutian statesman who led the country to independence and served as its founding president for over two decades.
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B.
Ahmed Ben Bella
Ahmed Ben Bella was an Algerian revolutionary leader and the first President of independent Algeria, known for promoting a blend of Arab nationalism and Islamic socialism.
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C.
Samori Touré
Samori Touré was a 19th-century West African military leader and founder of the Wassoulou Empire, known for his prolonged resistance against French colonial expansion.
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D.
Alhaji Kromah
Alhaji Kromah was a prominent Liberian warlord and political figure who led the ULIMO-K faction during the First Liberian Civil War.
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E.
Gamal Nkrumah
Gamal Nkrumah is a Ghanaian journalist and political analyst known for his work with the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram and for being the son of Ghana’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
head of state
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human ⓘ nationalist leader ⓘ pan-Africanist ⓘ politician ⓘ trade unionist ⓘ |
| ally |
Gamal Abdel Nasser
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Kwame Nkrumah ⓘ Modibo Keïta ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | French Guinea ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Guinea ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1922-01-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1984-03-26 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Mandinka ⓘ |
| familyName | Touré ⓘ |
| founded | Democratic Party of Guinea ⓘ |
| givenName | Ahmed ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentEnd | 1972 ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentStart | 1956 ⓘ |
| ideology |
African socialism
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anti-colonialism ⓘ pan-Africanism ⓘ |
| implementedPolicy |
nationalization of key industries in Guinea
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one-party political system in Guinea ⓘ state control of the economy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Kwame Nkrumah
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Marxism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
authoritarian rule
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close alliance with Kwame Nkrumah ⓘ establishing a one-party state in Guinea ⓘ leading Guinea to independence from France ⓘ refusing the 1958 French Community constitution ⓘ repression of political opposition ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
French
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Mandinka ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| memberOf |
French National Assembly
ⓘ
linked to:
National Assembly of France
General Council of French West Africa ⓘ |
| movement | African Democratic Rally ⓘ |
| notableWork | leadership of Guinea’s independence movement ⓘ |
| officeEnd | 1984-03-26 ⓘ |
| officeStart | 1958-10-02 ⓘ |
| opposedTo | French colonial rule in Guinea ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Faranah ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Cleveland ⓘ |
| politicalParty | Democratic Party of Guinea – African Democratic Rally ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
President of Guinea
ⓘ
Prime Minister of Guinea ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
1958 referendum on the French Community
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proclamation of Guinea’s independence on 1958-10-02 ⓘ |
| workLocation | Conakry ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Ahmed Sékou Touré Description of subject: Ahmed Sékou Touré was a Guinean nationalist leader and the country’s first president, known for his staunch anti-colonial stance, pan-Africanist ideology, and authoritarian rule.
Referenced by (4)
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