Guinea, abo I kin? (creole: Guinea, who are you?)
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| The Ol´Grande Hotel downtown Bissau still standing. PRIVATE PICTURE. |
Colonized by the Portuguese as the Portuguese Guinea.
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| The apparatus for the #warga tea in the streets of #Bissau#. PRIVATE PICTURE. |
Got Independent in 1973 and is called Guinea-Bissau since then to avoid confusion with Guinea, previously French Guinea. Bissau is actually the name of its capital.
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| Sunday afternoon mood in Bissau. PICTURE PRIVATE. |
The largest part of the population speaks Crioulo, a language derived from Portuguese. A smaller percentage speaks the colonial Portuguese. Many ethnical languages like Balanta, Mandinga, Fula are still strongly represented.
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| A proper place for a cold beer in #Bissau. PRIVATE PICTURES. |
"Kuma ku bo manzi?" means "How did you get up today?" in Crioulo and is a common way of greeting.
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| Immortalizing the #Bissau harbor in B&W. PRIVATE PICTURE. |
Population of approximately 1.700.000 inhabitants.
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| Reminiscence of the luso presence in #Bissau. PICTURE PRIVATE. |
Guinea-Bissau has an area larger than Belgium and smaller than the Netherlands.
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| Old #Bissau still reflects the signs of its golden age. PRIVATE PICTURE. |
Guinea-Bissau was one of the main spots in the African continent for the ¨exportation¨ of slaves to the western countries.
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| Bissau harbor. PRIVATE PICTURE. |
Guinea-Bissau´s GDP per capita is one of the lowest in the world as well as its Human Development Index.
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| At the gate to the Atlantic in the Bissau harbor. PRIVATE PICTURE. |
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| Bissau downtown mood. PRIVATE PICTURE. |
The country is divided in eight regions: Bafata, Biombo, Bissau (the capital), Bolama, Cacheu, Gabu, Oio, Quinara e Tombali.
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| Bissau harbor inspires melancholy. PRIVATE PICTURE. |
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| Downtown mood in Bissau. PRIVATE PICTURE. |
