Meaning of Guinea-Bissauan | Babel Free

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A person from Guinea-Bissau or of Guinea-Bissaun descent.

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“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.’”

“In 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 once they arrive⟳ in Europe, yet in doing so it makes both migration from Bissau and life in Europe increasingly difficult, as Guinea-Bissauans are increasingly policed and met with suspicion.”

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