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Africa » Guinea-Bissau » North » Bissau January 20th 2020

"Il popolo non combatte per delle idee, per cose che stanno nella testa di qualcuno. Esso si batte per conquistare vantaggi materiali, per vivere meglio e in pace, per vedere la sua vita progredire, per garantire il futuro dei suoi figli...la liberazione nazionale, la guerra al colonialismo, la costruzione della pace e del progresso, in una parola l'indipendenza, tutto cio' rimane per il popolo privo di senso se non porta miglioramento reale nelle condizioni di vita...si creino e si diffonda l'istruzione in tutte le regioni liberate. Ci si opponga pur senza violenza a tutte le abitudini dannose, agli aspetti negativi delle credenze e delle tradizioni del nostro popolo. Si obblighino tutte le persone che ricoprono responsabilita' e tutti i membri attivi del partito ad adoperarsi assiduamente per il miglioramento della propria formazione culturale. Educhiamo noi ... read more
Bissau Velho
Piazza Che Guevara
Benfica de Bissau

Africa » Guinea-Bissau » North » Bissau November 7th 2007

I’d lost my Rastafarian wristband, one night at Gatwick Airport and it had gone! My son, Sam had tied it in place the previous day, I’d told him that it would stay on until I returned and he could untie it for me. I looked at my wristwatch on my left arm, at least that was still there and it told me I had ten minutes before boarding began. The watch was a present from my father, some thirty-four years earlier and had been all around the world with me. It had survived my electrocution, during a monsoon downpour in Lucknow, which had seen me hurled into the sewer fed, flooded streets, the watch had taken about five weeks to dry out properly but it never stopped working. I had been “given” the Rasta bracelet in ... read more
Cassamance River
Ziguanchor
Piggy Bus

Africa » Guinea-Bissau » North » Bissau September 13th 2007

Oioioioioi, hvor skal jeg begynne denne gangen. Jeg faar bare hive meg uti det og haape paa det beste. Turen fra Bubaque tilbake til Bissau var alt annet enn kjedelig. Klokka kvart paa seks soendag morgen sto vi i bekmoerket paa kaia i Bubaque, uten noen slags form for lys, og ropte desperat paa Emma, vaar nye svenske venninne. En hyggelig mann med lommelykt var snill og hjalp oss i feil retning, men til slutt fant vi riktig kai, og der var det flere mennesker og ventet, blant andre Emma. Baaten gikk saa klart ikke foer klokka sju, og da skulle det vaere plass til sikkert hundre mennesker paa baaten. Og hver passasjer hadde med seg masse pikkpakk. I tillegg var det med sikkert seksti hoener, femten gryntende griser, noen haner, og en stolt kalkun (som ... read more

Africa » Guinea-Bissau » North » Bissau July 9th 2007

On the map, Senegal and Gambia look like the profile of an open mouth where the former are the jaws while the latter represents the tongue. Made exception for the short coastal strip, the Gambia is totally wrapped in Senegal, hence whichever direction one wants to leave the country -south in my case- he have to necessarily enter into the territory of its francophone neighbour. I have understood by now that in this part of the world even the most insignificant trip can take a whole day and that therefore one must show up at la gare routiere (bus station) at the most indecent morning hours so to avoid the chance to be left stranded at dusk in some god forgotten border shack. The reason why travelling before dawn is perfectly fine while do it after ... read more
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African River Crossing
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