Cape Verdean Bissau-Guineans are Bissau-Guineans residents whose ancestry originated in Cape Verde.
Total population | |
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Cape Verdean 2,000[1] 0.1% of the Bissau-Guinean population | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Bissau | |
Languages | |
Portuguese, Cape Verdean Kriolu | |
Religion | |
Christian (Protestant & Roman Catholic) | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Cape Verdean diaspora |
As of 2007, the Instituto das Comunidades (Institute of the Communities) estimated that there were 2,000 people of Cape Verdean descent living in Guinea Bissau.[1] The majority of them lived in the capital city of Bissau and could trace their Cape Verdean roots to the island of Santiago.
Notable Bissau-Guineans& Cape Verdean edit
The most recognized in Cape Verdean Bissau-Guineans include:
- Amílcar Cabral, led the movement for Guinea Bissau & Cape Verdean independence with the PAIGC Party.
- Luís Cabral, first president of Guinea-Bissau
- Honório Barreto, first African governor of Guinea-Bissau, at the time known as Guine Portuguesa.
- Karyna Gomes, activist, journalist, and musician
- Carlos Lopes, assistant to Assistant Secretary-General and Director for Political Affairs in his Executive Office
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Quadros De Paises e Ciadades de Acolhimentos de Caboverdianos." Instituto das Comunidades Archived July 31, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (In Portuguese)