Cape Verdean Guinea-Bissauan

Cape Verdean Bissau-Guineans are Bissau-Guineans residents whose ancestry originated in Cape Verde.

Cape Verdean Bissau-Guineans

Notable Cape Verdean Bissau-Guineans:
Amílcar Cabral
Cape Verde Guinea-Bissau
Total population
Cape Verdean

2,000[1]


0.1% of the Guinea-Bissauan 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 Guinea-Bissauan & Cape Verdean

The most recognized in Cape Verdean Guinea-Bissauan 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.
  • Carlos Lopes, assistant to Assistant Secretary-General and Director for Political Affairs in his Executive Office

See also

References
  1. "Quadros De Paises e Ciadades de Acolhimentos de Caboverdianos." Instituto das Comunidades Archived July 31, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (In Portuguese)
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