National Integration in Guinea-Bissau since Independence
This article explores national integration in Guinea-Bissau since independence in 1974. I argue that the level of national integration is quite strong – despite the ethnic diversity prevalent in the country. As I will show, national integration is due to the ideology and policy of the former indepen...
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Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
2010-12-01
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| description | This article explores national integration in Guinea-Bissau since independence in 1974. I argue that the level of national integration is quite strong – despite the ethnic diversity prevalent in the country. As I will show, national integration is due to the ideology and policy of the former independence movement and the early postcolonial state that advocated a national-unity-in-ethnic-diversity-model. Bissau-Guineans know to separate between the state and the nation, a distinction sometimes neglected in analyses. As my findings suggest, Bissau-Guineans victimize their nation while confronting it with the state. A foreign invasion during the 1998-99 Military Conflict fostered national integration even more. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-82b78e66b3c74887abac0c62a668e9052024-02-13T15:51:33ZengInstituto Universitário de LisboaCadernos de Estudos Africanos1645-37942182-74002010-12-01208510910.4000/cea.155National Integration in Guinea-Bissau since IndependenceChristoph KohlThis article explores national integration in Guinea-Bissau since independence in 1974. I argue that the level of national integration is quite strong – despite the ethnic diversity prevalent in the country. As I will show, national integration is due to the ideology and policy of the former independence movement and the early postcolonial state that advocated a national-unity-in-ethnic-diversity-model. Bissau-Guineans know to separate between the state and the nation, a distinction sometimes neglected in analyses. As my findings suggest, Bissau-Guineans victimize their nation while confronting it with the state. A foreign invasion during the 1998-99 Military Conflict fostered national integration even more.https://journals.openedition.org/cea/155Guinea-Bissauconflictethnicitynationalismnation-statepostcolonialism |
| spellingShingle | Christoph Kohl National Integration in Guinea-Bissau since Independence Cadernos de Estudos Africanos Guinea-Bissau conflict ethnicity nationalism nation-state postcolonialism |
| title | National Integration in Guinea-Bissau since Independence |
| title_full | National Integration in Guinea-Bissau since Independence |
| title_fullStr | National Integration in Guinea-Bissau since Independence |
| title_full_unstemmed | National Integration in Guinea-Bissau since Independence |
| title_short | National Integration in Guinea-Bissau since Independence |
| title_sort | national integration in guinea bissau since independence |
| topic | Guinea-Bissau conflict ethnicity nationalism nation-state postcolonialism |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/cea/155 |
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