At independence, French Guinea became Guinea, Spanish Guinea became Equatorial Guinea, and Portuguese Guinea became Guinea-Bissau. The region was a major source of gold, hence the name “guinea ...

A group of Portuguese-speaking countries plans to meet Saturday to discuss a coup that roiled the tiny nation of Guinea-Bissau, plunging it into more chaos after nearly four decades of instability ...

Formerly Portuguese Guinea under Portuguese colonial rule, Guinea Bissau is a neighbour to Guinea in West Africa. Its capital ...

Her parents were immigrants from Guinea-Bissau, a former Portuguese colony in West Africa. There were other black Portuguese, but Gomes Dias says she felt invisible.

Guinea-Bissau’s Portuguese has absorbed elements from local languages, creating a rich and unique variant that reflects the country’s cultural diversity and shared history.

Black and white make brown : an account of a journey to the Cape Verde Islands and Portuguese Guinea / by Archibald Lyall Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. Object Details Author Lyall, Archibald ...

West Africa's Guinea-Bissau was part of the Portuguese Empire for centuries. Once hailed as a potential model for African development, the country is now one of the poorest in the world.

IN 1957–58 we conducted a survey of abnormal hæmaglobins among the indigenous population of Portuguese Guinea, during which 9,224 blood samples were collected.