Karim Bangoura

Karim Bangoura (c. 1926 – 1972) was a Guinean diplomat.

Born into a notable Susu family in Coyah in the mid-1920s, Bangoura was originally a school teacher and was an important member of the .^[1] Until 1958, he was a representative to the French Union.

A one-time director of the Guinean Press Agency, he served as Minister of Industry and Mines and from 1969 as Ambassador to the United States. He was arrested in Conakry in 1971 for participating in a 1970 attempted coup which was supported by the Portuguese, and was executed without trial a year later.^[2]^[3]

References[]

^ Thomas O'Toole, Janice E. Baker (2005). Historical dictionary of Guinea, Volume 94 (4 ed.). Scarecrow Press. p. 19. ISBN 0-8108-4634-9.
^ JUANG, Richard M., Noelle Morrissette (2008). Africa and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History: A Multidisciplinary Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 535. ISBN 978-1-85109-441-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
^ Karim Bangoura Camp Boiro Memorial Archived 2016-04-03 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] Thomas O'Toole, Janice E. Baker (2005). Historical dictionary of Guinea, Volume 94 (4 ed.). Scarecrow Press. p. 19. ISBN 0-8108-4634-9.

[2] JUANG, Richard M., Noelle Morrissette (2008). Africa and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History: A Multidisciplinary Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 535. ISBN 978-1-85109-441-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

[3] Karim Bangoura Camp Boiro Memorial Archived 2016-04-03 at the Wayback Machine

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