Ousmane A. Camara

The promise of a mining eldorado once again echoes in Guinea, carried by the enthusiastic voices of the transitional authorities. The Simandou 2040 project, with its 1.5 billion tons of high-quality iron ore, is presented as the key that will finally unlock prosperity for the Guinean people. A colossal investment of 20 billion dollars, unprecedented infrastructure, and the prospect of considerable revenues fuel hopes for a radical transformation of the country.

Guinea's political history paints a deeply troubling narrative where intellectuals, far from being neutral observers, have become the primary architects of authoritarian systems. This complex trajectory reveals how knowledge and intellectual influence can be diverted from their original mission to become instruments of power legitimization.

Guinea's destiny seems to bear the mark of a curse - one born from turning its back on the legacy of its founding father, Ahmed Sékou Touré. This national tragedy, unfolding over nearly four decades, has its roots in the systematic rejection of the fundamental principles established by the man who dared to say "no" to France in 1958.