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  1. Guinea Chronology
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  3. France made Guinea a colony in 1890, strongly opposed by the Fulani Muslim empire of Fouta Djallon.
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  5. *  1958 Full independence under Sekou TourΘ. France ends support.
  6. *  1970 Coup attempt by Portuguese-backed exiles fails.
  7. *  1984 TourΘ dies. Army coup.
  8. *  1990 Referendum on democracy.
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