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	History of Guinea-Bissau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The administrative capital was moved from Bolama to Bissau in 1941, and in 1952, by constitutional amendment, the colony of Portuguese Guinea became an overseas province of Portugal.
		The history of Guinea-Bissau was dominated by Portugal from the 1450s to the 1970s; since independence, the country has been primarily controlled by a single-party system.
		In 1630, a "captaincy-general" of Portuguese Guinea was established to administer the territory.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Guinea-Bissau (936 words)

	CHARLES BRAY's Guine Journal
		In December 5th 2001, opposition parties in Guinea Bissau have challenged the government to provide evidence of an alleged coup at the weekend that was followed by a wave of arrests.
		In November 22nd 2001, the President of Guinea Bissau, Kumba Yalla, has dismissed his foreign minister, Antonieta Rosa Gomes, who has, in turn, accused the president of fostering instability.
		In August 23rd 1999, the authorities in Guinea Bissau say they're launching an inquiry into the death of a former minister in the government of Joao Vieira, who was overthrown in May. The minister, Nicandro Barreto, was found dead on Sunday.
	www.greatestcities.com /users/cbray5003/Africa/Guinea (3455 words)

	Guinea-Bissau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is bordered by Senegal to the north, and Guinea to the south and east, with the Atlantic Ocean to its west.
		Formerly the Portuguese colony of Portuguese Guinea, upon independence, the name of its capital, Bissau, was added to the country's official name in order to prevent confusion between itself and the Republic of Guinea.
		Though the rivers and coast of this area were among the first places colonized by the Portuguese, who began the slave trade in the 17th century, the interior was not explored until the 19th century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Guinea-Bissau (846 words)

	AllRefer.com - Guinea-Bissau : History (Guinea-Bissau Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		After some years of sporadic violence, the PAIGC launched a war of independence in Portuguese Guinea in the early 1960s; in 1973 it declared the province, renamed Guinea-Bissau, independent of Portugal.
		Security was a primary concern in the early years of independence, as the regime was weak in Bissau where there was lingering support for the Portuguese.
		The area that became Portuguese Guinea was first visited by the Portuguese in 1446–47, and in the 16th cent.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/G/GuineaBi-history.html (612 words)

	Guinea-Bissau yearns for new era after elections - Boston.com - Africa - News
		BISSAU (Reuters) - While many African leaders opt for canes, batons or even fly whisks as symbols of authority, the former president of Guinea-Bissau insisted on a red woolen cap despite the tropical sunshine.
		Bearing the scars of a liberation struggle that led to independence in 1974 at a time when Portugal was leaving its better known, much bigger colonies Angola and Mozambique, Bissau bears witness to years of decay and civil strife.
		Many in the former Portuguese colony cheered the end of Kumba Yala's rule when he was overthrown by the army in 2003, hoping that promised elections would deliver a less eccentric president to rescue them from deepening poverty.
	www.boston.com /news/world/africa/articles/2005/07/15/guinea_bissau_yearns_for_new_era_after_elections (1003 words)

	Early history (from Guinea-Bissau) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		It is bounded by Senegal to the north, by Guinea to the east and south, and by the Atlantic Ocean to the west.
		More from Britannica on "Early history (from Guinea-Bissau)"...
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	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=55250 (856 words)

	Guinea Bissau
		Guinea Bissau was first occupied by Portuguese navigators in 1446, and for the following five centuries was exploited by Portugal as a colonial power.
		Troops from Senegal and Guinea were called in to help forces loyal to President Vieira.
		Guinea Bissau is the world second largest Cashew exporter.
	us-africa.tripod.com /guineabis.html (849 words)

	Guinea-Bissau Country Guide - History and Government - World Travel Guide Provided By Columbus Travel Publishing
		History: Guinea-Bissau emerged from the Portuguese-occupied stretch of West Africa after the agreement of 1886 which fixed colonial boundaries in the region.
		Following the coup of September 2003, the government and constitution have been suspended and Guinea-Bissau is governed by a transitional authority.
		Guinea-Bissau was administered jointly with the Cape Verde islands until 1879, after which it was treated as a separate entity known as Portuguese Guinea until independence.
	www.worldtravelguide.net /data/gnb/gnb580.asp?TravelMenu=Down (656 words)

	History of GUINEA-BISSAU
		From the viewpoint of European history the Guinea Coast is associated mainly with slavery.
		The Portuguese presence in Guinea is therefore largely limited to the port of Bissau.
		Here, in 1973, he is assassinated outside his house - just a year before a coup in Portugal dramatically alters the political situation.
	www.historyworld.net /wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad46 (913 words)

	WHKMLA : History of Guinea Bissau, since 1974
		In 1974 Portuguese Guinea (as GUINEA BISSAU) and in 1975 the Cape Verde Islands declared independence from Portugal.
		Links on Guinea Bissau, from UPenn, African Studies and from Africa South of the Sahara
		LUIS DE ALMEIDA CABRAL, brother of Amilcar (assassinated 1973) became the first president of Guinea Bissau.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/region/westafrica/guineabissau.html (166 words)

	Guinea-Bissau: War Destruction
		Under a security agreement signed between the governments of Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, the Republic of Guinea and the Gambia in October 1997, troops from Senegal and the Republic of Guinea are assisting the Guinea-Bissau government to quell the armed rebellion.
		Under the accord, the main airport in Guinea Bissau has been reopened so that humanitarian aid can be flown into the Portuguese-speaking country and logistical support can reach a buffer force that is to monitor the cease-fire.
		Hundreds of audio cassettes which record the history of the national liberation struggle, as told by its actors and witnesses, cannot be found.
	www.africaaction.org /docs98/gb9809.htm (1702 words)

	Guinea - Bissau on the Internet, Guiné-Bissau, Guinée-Bissau
		Kraaij sold his house, quit his job and is traveling thru Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, and Mali, Dec. 1996-April 1997, with a laptop and digital camera.
		Has course syllabi (slavery in Africa, African history), an abstract of his dissertation "The Interior Past of an Acephalous Society: Institutional Change among the Balanta of Guinea-Bissau, c.
		Party history, objectives, profiles of party officers, facts about Guinea-Bissau.
	www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/guin-bis.html (2366 words)

	afrol News - Chaotic Guinea-Bissau elections extended
		The poll is followed with great interest by Bissauans and the international community as it is seen as a possible turning point in Guinea-Bissau's sorrow history of political chaos and economic degeneration.
		One of the first promises of the new Bissau regime was the rapid organisation of legislative polls.
		Poor organisation of the long-awaited legislative elections had led to a late opening of many poll stations throughout the country and in particular in the capital, Bissau.
	www.afrol.com /articles/12005 (673 words)

	BBC News AFRICA Warning over Guinea-Bissau
		Guinea Bissau has a population of just over one million and became independent from Portugal in 1974.
		Foreign donors made further aid conditional on the army handing over power to an elected government, but the military high command said in December that it wanted to retain a role in politics.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1034000/1034227.stm (353 words)

	WHKMLA : History of Guinea Bissau, ToC
		Guinea Bissau History, from World Rover, by George Matthews, from africanet.com Article Portuguese West Africa, from Catholic Encyclopedia, 1911 edition; on Angola, Sao Tome and Port.
		Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : Guinea Bissau, from Kirken i Norge
		Guinea Bissau Page, from African Studies at UPenn; from Africa South of the Sahara at Stanford
	www.zum.de /whkmla/region/westafrica/xgbissau.html (222 words)

	A short history of Guinea-Bissau
		After a long liberation war since 1963, fought by the Partido Africano da Independência de Guiné e Cabo Verde (African Independence Party of Guinea and Cape Verde, PAIGC) of president Amílcar Lopes Cabral, and the revolution in Portugal in 1974 Portuguese Guinea becomes becomes independent as the Republic of Guinea-Bissau.
		In 1879 both colonies are separated from Cape Verde and united in Portuguese Guinea.
		A second colony, Bissau, is founded in 1753.
	www.electionworld.org /history/guineabissau.htm (336 words)

	Guinea-Bissau
		A neighbor of Senegal and Guinea in West Africa, on the Atlantic coast, Guinea-Bissau is about half the size of South Carolina.
		Guinea-Bissau: History - History The area that became Portuguese Guinea was first visited by the Portuguese in...
		In his 19 years of rule, Vieira was criticized for crony capitalism and corruption and for failing to alleviate the poverty of Guinea-Bissau, one of the world's poorest countries.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107604.html (802 words)

	Africanet - GUINEA-BISSAU
		The Portuguese armed forces had been confined to Bissau, the capital, and a number of smaller towns and military posts.
		By the early 1970's approximately three quarters of the country had been liberated.
		Efforts were made to revive the war-torn agricultural sector by peasants in the liberated areas; political and material support was given to the peasants.
	www.africanet.com /africanet/country/guinea-b/history.htm (343 words)

	Guinea-Bissau
		This is even more true as no general history of Guinea-Bissau can be found but in this institution of research.
		In a word the damages that has been suffered by INEP and the library reduce in birth the results of the efforts made since the achievement of independence to equip the library with a rich heritage accessible for those interested in reading and research on Guinea-Bissau.
		Hundreds of audio cassettes recording the history of the struggle for independence narrated by its participants and witnesses are irrecoverable.
	www.ifla.org /faife/news/guinea_e.htm (750 words)

	The History Guy:Guinea Bissau Civil War
		--Elections were held and the new civilian government of President Kumba Yalla (the first democratically elected leader in Bissau history) took power in February 2000.
		Several thousand dead, with large areas of the capital city of Bissau in ruins.
		Guinea-Bissau/Senegal War, Civil War and the Casamance Question
	www.historyguy.com /Guinea_Bissau_Civil_War.html (568 words)

	Map and References for Guinea Bissau
		The Guinea Bissau Flag - The Guinea Bissau Flag - two equal horizontal bands of yellow (top) and green with a vertical red band on the hoist side; there is a black five-pointed star centered in the red band; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia.
		More Maps of Guinea Bissau - More Maps of Guinea Bissau - A number of maps from The Perry - Castañeda Library Map Collection.
		Search Yahoo - Search Yahoo - A searchable directory of Guinea Bissau.
	www.embassyworld.com /embassy/Guinea_Bissau/Guinea_Bissau_Map.html (229 words)

	Guinea Bissau, Bibliography
		Portugal--Colonies--Africa--Military History - Portuguese-Speaking Africa--Military History - Portugal--Armed Forces--Portuguese-Speaking Africa--History--20th Century - Angola--History--Revolution, 1961-1975--Campaigns - Mozambique--History--Revolution, 1964-1975--Campaigns - Guinea-Bissau--History--Revolution, 1963-1974--Campaigns.
		Growing from grass roots: the state of Guinea-Bissau.
		Armed struggle in Africa: with the guerrillas in Portuguese Guinea.
	users.skynet.be /terrorism/html/guinea.htm (667 words)

	Guinea Bissau: THE ALL-AFRICA INTERNET GUIDE: Guinea Bissau
		A web site dedicated to the Guinea Bissau's civil war, providing news updates and a forum for people to express their opinions.
		Telecommunications are poorly developed in Guinea Bissau and many towns lack telephones let alone Internet access.
		However USAids's Leland Initiative has established an Internet service in the capital Bissau.
	www.goafrica.co.za /africa/guineabissau.stm (69 words)

	Guinea Bissau : History : Selected Internet Resources (Portals to the World, Library of Congress)
		Guinea Bissau : History : Selected Internet Resources (Portals to the World, Library of Congress)
		Provides documents on the teaching and learning of world history from a non-Eurocentric perspective.
		The Peace Agreements Digital Collection in the Jeannette Rankin Library of the United States Institute of Peace strives to contain the full text of agreements signed by the major contending parties ending inter- and intra-state conflicts worldwide since 1989.
	www.loc.gov /rr/international/amed/guineabissau/resources/guineabissau-history.html (318 words)

	African Studies: Guinea Bissau
		University of Wisconsin Libraries: Electronic Facsimile -- Africana Digitization Project (Madison, Wisconsin) A collection of searchable, full texts of historical accounts in English for West African history, 1526-1680 -- especially for areas now known as Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, and Sierra Leone.
		The International Monetary Fund: Guinea Bissau Country Info (Washington, DC)
		The World Bank on Guinea Bissau (Washington, DC)
	www.columbia.edu /cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/GBissau.html (744 words)

	The Unreached Peoples Prayer Profiles
		The early history of Guinea-Bissau is obscure, but some of the major ethnic groups of the country were apparently established there by the twelfth century.
		The various peoples of this region of Africa are collectively known as the Sene-Gambians because most reside in Senegal and Gambia.
		They are located in the central southern region near Nalu and extend over the border into Guinea.
	www.ksafe.com /profiles/p_code3/2192.html (768 words)

	African Studies Center Guinea-Bissau Page
		Legal and general resources on Guinea Bissau provided by the Law Library of US Congress
	www.sas.upenn.edu /African_Studies/Country_Specific/G_Bissau.html (166 words)

	Foreign & Commonwealth Office Country Profiles
		Guinea-Bissau is a small (13,948 sq miles) country, wedged between Senegal to the North and Guinea (Conakry) to the East and South.
		Following the carnation revolution in Lisbon in April 1974, Portugal withdrew its troops and recognised the independence of Guinea Bissau.
		He was overthrown by a coup led by Joao Bernardo ‘Nino’ Vieira, a native of Guinea - Bissau, in 1980.
	www.fco.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365&a=KCountryProfile&aid=1019744953879 (1632 words)

	OhWowShopping.com: Books > History > Africa > Guinea Bissau
		History and Hunger in West Africa: Food Production and Entitlement in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies)
		Guinea Bissau: From Liberation Struggle to Independent Statehood
		Guinea Bissau: Politics, Economics, and Society (Marxist Regimes Series)
	www.ohwowshopping.com /z-node/4779.html (360 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: History and Hunger in West Africa: Food Production and Entitlement in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies)
		From the perspective of food production and entitlement, the volume traces the economic history of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, beginning with the slave trade, through the colonial and postcolonial periods to democratization and structural adjustment.
		History and Hunger in West Africa: Food Production and Entitlement in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies) (Hardcover)
		Subjects > History > Africa > Guinea Bissau
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0313267464?v=glance (559 words)

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