KnowraFélix Houphouët-BoignyLinked fromLinked fromThe 12 pages that link to Félix Houphouët-Boigny, each with the reason it gives.All 12Related 9Compared with 3Kwame NkrumahCompared with: His preference for national sovereignty and close Western ties opposed Nkrumah’s continental union project.French UnionRelated: He worked within French institutions while negotiating the terms of African autonomy.French CommunityRelated: He advocated continued association with France rather than immediate independence in 1958.AbidjanRelated: His government directed post-independence investment and moved the official capital to Yamoussoukro.Côte d’IvoireRelated: He led the independence movement and became the country’s first president.FrançafriqueRelated: His alliance with Paris became a leading model for the postcolonial relationship.Laurent GbagboCompared with: Gbagbo opposed the long-dominant political order established under Houphouët-Boigny.Achille MbembeRelated: Mbembe’s history of postcolonial Africa engages the political order shaped by leaders such as Houphouët-Boigny.Ahmed Sékou TouréCompared with: His 1958 choice to remain in the French Community sharply opposed Touré’s independence stance.YamoussoukroRelated: As the city’s native son and president, he led the effort to make it the political capital.Gisèle HalimiRelated: Halimi defended him in a 1950s case, early in her career as a prominent lawyer.History of Ivory CoastRelated: His long presidency defined the republic’s early political order and economic strategy.