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Guinea Conakry asks France for the return of looted manuscripts
Le Monde
20 Jul 2026
Guinea Conakry
France
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21 Jul 2026
The most important is the Quran of Samory Touré, one of Guinea's leading figures of resistance against the French colonial conquest. It is Guinea's first restitution request since 1968.
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