Conakry - Post Report Question and Answers
Do you recommend any books or movies about this city/country for those who are interested in learning more?
World’s Most Dangerous Roads – Guinea: Forgotten territories – documentary on youtube - Sep 2022
Masks, Minerals, and Music by Brad Posthumus Allah n'est pas obligé by Ahmadou Kourouma Les Soleils des Indépendances by Ahmadou Kourouma Les Écailles du ciel by Thierno Monénembo Unmasking the State and A Socialist Peace?, both by McGovern Aube Africaine by Fodeba Keita The authoritative translation of the Epic of Sundiata, by Guinean historian Djibril Tamsir Niane (who just died this week) A kids' book on Sundiata Keita by David Wisniewski Countless Blessings, a book on childbirth and fertility in Niger, but that is illuminating for the Guinean case, too Negritude and Nihilism, a reflection on daily philosophy in modern urban Africa by Celestin Monga Contes de la brousse, de la foret, de la savane et de la montagne by Boubacar Diallo (though I think you can buy this in person at Harmattan's Conakry office, too) L'enfant noire by Camara Laye Dakan, a movie made in Guinea AfroLatin via Conakry, a great CD set of the golden age of Guinean popular music. Also check out music historian Graeme Counsel's digital catalogue of music from this classic era, all available online for streaming at the British Library. Ancestor Stones by Aminatta Fornah. Technically about Sierra Leone, but still a good book to understand the region Someone Knows my Name by Lawrence Hill - Jun 2021
There are very few books about Guinea. Memoire Collectif is a book in French. - Nov 2019
The Art of the Baga, by Frederick Lamp. Serfs, Peasants and Socialists: A Former Serf Village in the Republic of Guinea, by William Derman. - Sep 2009
Diamonds are Forever, by Ian Fleming. - Sep 2009
L'enfant noir Camara Laye - May 2009
