A haunting melody rings through the crumbling streets of the city of Bissau, the capital of the west African Republic of Guinea-Bissau. An old man, dressed in a raffia skirt with strings of pink and ...
Paper presented at the 30th annual meeting of the African Studies Association, Denver, Colorada, 1987. Carnival in Bissau, a legacy of the Portuguese, is unexpectedly original, deriving masking ideas ...
Every year, carnival in Guinea-Bissau combines the country's traditional culture with the joy of living and the magic of Africa. Originally brought over by Portuguese colonizers, the tiny West African ...
Every year, carnival in Guinea-Bissau combines the country's traditional culture with the joy of living and the magic of Africa. Originally brought over by Portuguese colonizers, the tiny West African ...