guinea-bissauan
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4ADJ.
armed, traditional
VERB + GUINEA-BISSAUAN
see, staples
GUINEA-BISSAUAN + NOUN
jo, passport
PREP.
in
Definitions
adj
Of or from Guinea-Bissau.
Copious amounts of palm oil, tomatoes, chili, fish, and goat’s meat are considered traditional staples in Guinea-Bissauan cooking.
These events and the silences and taboos surrounding them helped create the conditions for the longevity of the ‘linha de Cabral’ or ‘Cabral’s programme’ as a key reference of the erstwhile liberation movement and Guinea-Bissauan politics in general until the late 1990s.
noun
A person from Guinea-Bissau or of Guinea-Bissaun descent.
A noticeable proportion of Guinea-Bissauans are mixed race Crioulo-speakers; mostly Cape Verdean, but also descendants of the small number of settlers and traders who came direct from Portugal.
Hoyt said, ‘When you look at me, I don’t want you to see a Guinea-Bissauan. My passport is a detail. It helped me through a personal crisis. Do me the courtesy of seeing me as I really am, a colleague and a fellow human being.’
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6Copious amounts of palm oil, tomatoes, chili, fish, and goat’s meat are considered traditional staples in Guinea-Bissauan cooking.
WiktionaryThese events and the silences and taboos surrounding them helped create the conditions for the longevity of the ‘linha de Cabral’ or ‘Cabral’s programme’ as a key reference of the erstwhile liberation
WiktionaryCabral and Pereira looked to unify both nations until Cabral’s prime minister, the former commander of the Guinea-Bissauan armed forces, João Bernardo Vieira, led a military coup against Cabral in 198
WiktionaryA noticeable proportion of Guinea-Bissauans are mixed race Crioulo-speakers; mostly Cape Verdean, but also descendants of the small number of settlers and traders who came direct from Portugal.
WiktionaryHoyt said, ‘When you look at me, I don’t want you to see a Guinea-Bissauan. My passport is a detail. It helped me through a personal crisis. Do me the courtesy of seeing me as I really am, a colleague
WiktionaryIn other words, the cocaine trade may be seen to provide a possibility for migration when in Bissau, just as selling cocaine may provide one of the few ways that Guinea-Bissauans can gain an income on
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