Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau

Peter Karibe Mendy; Richard A. Lobban, Jr.

doi:10.5771/9780810880276

Summary

Guinea-Bissau is a small country in West Africa, and yet it managed to wrest its independence from Portugal back in 1973, at the cost of a long and bitter struggle against seemingly implacable odds. This was a time to be proud of, and there was also a moment about two decades ago, when it looked like a trendsetter for democracy. Since then things have gone seriously wrong, with a collapsing infrastructure, a dilapidated economy and a political stage prone to military coups d’etats. This fourth edition of Historical Dictionary of Guinea-Bissau tells the long and sometimes unpleasant story.

However, like all the country historical dictionaries, it tells it several times and in several ways. First, the chronology traces the history of what became Guinea-Bissau, and this over a period of centuries and not just decades. Then the introduction recounts that history again, providing more insight and understanding, and conveys a good idea of how things are going now. The details follow in the dictionary section with entries on important persons, places, institutions, and events among other things. And the bibliography points to further reading.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2013
ISBN-Print: 978-0-8108-5310-2
ISBN-Online: 978-0-8108-8027-6
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 560
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Editor’s Foreword No access
3. Preface No access
4. Acknowledgments No access
5. Acronyms and Abbreviations No access
6. Maps No access
7. Chronology No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 18
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B No access Pages 41 - 66
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Appendix A. Governors of Portuguese Guinea, 1879–1974 No access Pages 437 - 438
Appendix B. Heads of State, 1973–2012 No access Pages 439 - 440
Appendix C. Prime Ministers, 1973–2012 No access Pages 441 - 442
Appendix D. The First Government of Guinea-Bissau, 24 September 1973 No access Pages 443 - 444
Appendix E. The Conselho da Revolução (Council of the Revolution), 14 November 1980 No access Pages 445 - 446
Appendix F.The First Multiparty System Government, 26 October 1994 No access Pages 447 - 448
Appendix G.Agreement between the Government of.Guinea-Bissau and the Self-Proclaimed.Military Junta, 1 November 1998 No access Pages 449 - 450
Appendix H. The Government of National Unity, 3 December 1998 No access Pages 451 - 452
Appendix I. UN Security Council Resolution 2048, 18 May 2012: The Travel Ban List No access Pages 453 - 454
Appendix J. The Postcoup Government of Transition, 23 May 2012 No access Pages 455 - 456
Appendix K. Ethnolinguistic Groups of Guinea-Bissau No access Pages 457 - 458
Bibliography No access Pages 459 - 558
About the Authors No access Pages 559 - 560