Key facts
- Lyrics
- Original: Korofo Moussa, 1904, Modern: Fodéba Keïta and Jean Cellier, 1958
- Music
- Original: Korofo Moussa, 1904, Modern: Fodéba Keïta , 1958
- Adopted
- 2 October 1958
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- national anthem
- Country
- Guinea
- Composer
- Fodéba Keita
- Tonality
- F major
- Image
- Coat of arms of Guinea.svg
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- Commons category
- National Anthem of Guinea
- different from
- Liberté
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Encyclopedic overview
"Liberté" (Pulaar: 𞤐𞤁𞤋𞤃𞤓; "Liberty") is the national anthem of Guinea. Adopted upon independence in 1958, it was arranged by Fodéba Keïta and is based on the melody of a Maninka praise song by Korofo Moussa for 19th-century Fouta Djallon king Alpha Yayo Diallo.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Liberté” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.