A Creole Nation: National Integration in Guinea-Bissau

· Berghahn Books
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Despite high degrees of cultural and ethnic diversity as well as prevailing political instability, Guinea-Bissau’s population has developed a strong sense of national belonging. By examining both contemporary and historical perspectives, A Creole Nation explores how creole identity, culture, and political leaders have influenced postcolonial nation-building processes in Guinea-Bissau, and the ways in which the phenomenon of cultural creolization results in the emergence of new identities.
Despite high degrees of cultural and ethnic diversity as well as prevailing political instability, Guinea-Bissau’s population has developed a strong sense of national belonging. By examining both contemporary and historical perspectives, A Creole Nation explores how creole identity, culture, and ...

About the author

Christoph Kohl is Research Fellow at the Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research in Brunswick, Germany. He was Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), Germany, from 2012 to 2016. He was a doctoral fellow (2005–2010) at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle (Saale), and received his PhD from the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in 2010.

Christoph Kohl is Research Fellow at the Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research in Brunswick, Germany. He was Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), Germany, from 2012 to 2016. He was a doctoral fellow (2005–2010) at the Max Planck Institute for Social An...

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