#Guinea Bissau

[leresq]

New Google Translate update has wonderful connotations

[miku-earth]

Calling all artists!

and those who might have seen such art!

I've searched high and low to make sure every country is represented by the "Miku worldwide" trend, but I'm yet to see any art for:

🇳🇪 Niger (not to be confused with Nigeria!)

🇲🇼 Malawi

🇬🇳 Guinea

🇧🇮 Burundi

🇨🇫 Central African Republic

🇪🇷 Eritrea

🇱🇸 Lesotho

🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau

🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe

🇸🇿 eSwatini - seen! ✅

other African nations not listed have already had a Miku posted or in the queue!

If you have seen any art in the 'Miku worldwide' trend from one of these countries, please let me know!

Please pass this around so that it is more well known! For those without tumblr, there is a contact link on the site miku.earth :)

[jafar-panahi]

Nome (2023, Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼) directed by Sana Na N'Hada

Nome  is a film over 50 years in the making. In the late 60s, revolutionary Bissau-Guinean Marxist leader Amílcar Cabral sent filmmakers Sana na N��Hada, Flora Gomes, Josefina Lopes Crato and José Bolama to Cuba. To help change international public opinion against the Portuguese colonial regime, they returned to the country to document the struggle. This archive footage forms the basis for the fiction Nome, N’hada following its eponymous character as he joins the resistance movement.   The story takes place in Guinea-Bissau in 1969, during the war of independence between the Portuguese colonial army and the guerrillas of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea. The protagonist, Nome, leaves his village and joins the ranks of the guerrillas. After years of struggle, he returns to his village as a hero. However, the initial joy soon gives way to bitterness and cynicism. (source)

[viagginterstellari]

Vultures tree - Rio Cacheu, 2020

[sayruq]

On Thursday afternoon, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition was contacted by the Guinea Bissau International Ships Registry (GBISR), requesting an inspection of our lead ship – Akdenez. This was a highly unusual request as our ship had already passed all required inspections; nevertheless, we agreed. The inspector arrived on Thursday evening. On Friday afternoon, before the inspection was completed, the GBISR, in a blatantly political move, informed the Freedom Flotilla Coalition that it had withdrawn the Guinea Bissau flag from two of the Freedom Flotilla’s ships, one of which is our cargo ship, already loaded with over 5000 tons of life-saving aid for the Palestinians of Gaza.

In its communication informing us of this cancelation, the GBISR made specific reference to our planned mission to Gaza. It also made several extraordinary requests for information, including confirmation of the ships’ destination, any potential additional port calls, and the discharge port for humanitarian aid and estimated arrival dates and times. It further demanded a formal letter explicitly approving the transportation of humanitarian aid and a complete manifest of the cargo. Again, this is a highly unusual move from a flagging authority. Normally, national flagging authorities concern themselves only with safety and related standards on vessels bearing their flag, and are not concerned with the destination, route, cargo manifests or the nature of a specific voyage. Just like when you register your car, the authorities don’t require you to detail to them every place you are going to go with the car. Sadly, Guinea-Bissau has allowed itself to become complicit in Israel’s deliberate starvation, illegal siege and genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. Israel is showing the world the extent to which it will go to deny Palestinians the aid they need to stay alive, in direct contravention of International Humanitarian Law, UN Security Council resolutions, and two orders of the International Court of Justice. Israel is only allowed to get away with this because we have an international order where law does not apply equally, where people are not valued the same, and where might equals right. The US has hijacked international law and is violating its own laws to protect Israel at every turn. A recently-leaked USAID memo states that “famine in Gaza is inevitable,” and that “changes could reduce but not stop widespread civilian deaths.” It also states that the government of Israel does not currently demonstrate necessary compliance with U.S. law required to receive U.S. military aid. Nevertheless, last week, the U.S. Congress passed and Biden signed a $26 billion aid package for Israel. It is this kind of naked impunity, over decades, that has brought us to this point where Israel can carry out a genocide, that includes a public declaration by Israel’s leaders that it is going to deliberately starve children, and not only face no consequences, but also involve a majority of world governments in its crimes. While our governments claim to care about Palestinian lives, they are complying, and indeed enforcing a situation where a state that has been found to be plausibly committing a genocide, is allowed to control what, if any life-saving aid gets to the people trying to stay alive.Yesterday, the UN Special Rapporteurs on the Right to Food, on the Right to Housing, and on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, issued a statement stating that civil society initiatives like the Freedom Flotilla are important precisely because governments are not complying with their obligations under international law and many of these governments are even complicit in Israel’s siege and genocide. The statement affirmed that ours was a legitimate challenge to Israel’s control over the delivery of aid to Gaza and it demanded safe passage for our flotilla. However, without a flag, we cannot sail. But, this is not the end. Israel cannot and will not crush our resolve to break its illegal siege and reach the people of Gaza. The people of Gaza and all of Palestine remain steadfast under the most horrific, unimaginable conditions. We take strength from their incredible, inexplicable ability to maintain their humanity, dignity and hope when the world has given them no reason to do so.It is our responsibility to keep that hope alive. WE WILL SAIL.

[forafricans]

Seen in Bissau, Guinea Bissau by Susanna Knyphausen

[omgthatdress]

[architectureofdoom]

Former bank building, Bissau, 1980s

[folkfashion]

Manjak woman, Nadège Mendy, Guinea-Bissau

[dozydawn]

[workersolidarity]

🇬🇼 🚨

GUINEA BISSAU BENDS TO ISRAELI PRESSURE BY BLOCKING FREEDOM FLOTILLA

The "Freedom Flotilla" aiming to deliver desperately needed aid to starving civilians in Gaza, without the coordination or approval of the Israeli occupation, has been blocked from sailing by Guinea-Bissau officials on Saturday.

Organizers of the flotilla blamed Israeli pressure for the decision by Guinea-Bissau authorities to deny the Turkish humanitarian organization, IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation, the use of two of its ships they'd planned on sailing hundreds of tonnes of aid to Gaza in.

The group said Guinea-Bissau authorities asked for "extraordinary requests" for detailed information on the planned trip, while Israeli security officials prepared plans for their expected arrival in the coming days.

Previously, a similar flotilla was organized in 2010 which set sail for Gaza from Antalya, Turkiye, during which the Israeli occupation forces raided the ship, killing 10 people and wounding 28 others.

#source

@WorkerSolidarityNews

[blackstarlineage]

Amílcar Cabral (1924–1973) was a prominent African revolutionary, nationalist leader, and intellectual, best known for his pivotal role in the independence movements of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, both of which were Portuguese colonies at the time. Born in Guinea-Bissau to a prominent family, Cabral was educated in Lisbon, Portugal, where he studied agronomy and became involved in anti-colonial activism.

Cabral is celebrated for his leadership in the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), a political and military organization he co-founded in 1956. His vision combined both armed struggle and political strategies, emphasizing the importance of mobilizing the rural population in the liberation process. He developed an approach that linked cultural identity, self-determination, and national unity in the fight against colonialism. Under his leadership, the PAIGC waged a successful armed struggle against Portuguese colonial rule, which included guerrilla warfare and a broad political campaign to unite the people of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde in their fight for independence.

Cabral's contributions were not limited to military leadership; he was also an intellectual and theorist. His writings on decolonization, the role of the peasantry in the revolution, and the importance of culture in national liberation were influential and have been studied globally. He promoted the idea that independence was not just a political victory, but also a cultural and social revolution.

Amílcar Cabral’s life was tragically cut short. On January 20, 1973, he was assassinated in Conakry, Guinea, just months before the ultimate independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde was realized. The assassination is widely believed to have been orchestrated by members of the PAIGC who opposed his leadership, though the exact motives remain unclear. Cabral's death was a huge loss to the independence movements of both countries, but his vision and legacy continued to inspire the movements even after his passing.

Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde eventually gained independence from Portugal in 1974, a year after Cabral's death. Today, he is regarded as one of Africa's greatest liberation leaders, and his theories on decolonization, cultural identity, and social justice continue to influence scholars and activists around the world. 🇬🇳 🇨🇻

[guerillas-of-history]

The African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) fighters with a downed Portuguese aircraft, 1974.

[covenawhite66]

West African countries such as Liberia, Senegal and Guinea-Bissau, communities have designated biodiversity hotspots, including forests and lagoons, as sacred. This system has served as a conservation tool respected by these communities for generations. The community's existence is intricately linked to the well-being and survival of the biodiversity and natural resources surrounding it.

The Western African method is to reinforce communal stewardship of the land, rather than ownership. The system starkly contrasts with some current, non-Indigenous North American methods of prohibiting humans from living in certain protected areas. Placing a dollar value on conserving these areas risks destroying the very belief system and way of thinking that have ensured their survival in the first place. Their value of biodiversity cannot be translated into monetary terms.

[viagginterstellari]

Young dancers - Bissau, 2020

[nomadic-alternative]

Market stall and drinking angels. — Cacheu, Guinea Bissau