A Creole Nation: National Integration in Guinea-Bissau Hardcover 1

ChristophKohl

Despite high degrees of cultural and ethnic diversity as well as prevailing political instability GuineaBissau'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 nationbuilding processes in GuineaBissau and the ways in which the phenomenon of cultural creolization results in the emergence of new identities.

9781785334245

English

Berghahn Books

248

Christoph Kohl has been research fellow at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), Germany, from 2012-2016. He was a doctoral fellow (2005-2010) at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle (Saale), and received his Ph.D. from the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in 2010.

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