Youlou
Americannoun
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She wrote that after Guinea became independent, she used this influence to advise the CAR's new President Barthélemy Boganda, persuading him stand down in a diplomatic row with Congo-Brazzaville's post-independence leader, Fulbert Youlou.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2025
Finally, resplendent in a white cassock, Youlou appeared on the palace steps, announced that he had resigned to prevent a bloodbath.
From Time Magazine Archive
Habitually clad in a cassock often topped by a Homburg, and said to have carried a pistol in his robes, Youlou at 46 was one of the world's most unusual statesmen.
From Time Magazine Archive
But fortnight ago, word began circulating that Youlou was about to renege.
From Time Magazine Archive
The tremors became serious last August, when mobs of unemployed overthrew President Fulbert Youlou in the ex-French Congo across the Congo River in Brazzaville.
From Time Magazine Archive
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