Cape Verdean Guinea-Bissauan

Cape Verdean Guinea-Bissauan

Notable Cape Verdean Guinea-Bissauan: Amílcar Cabral
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

Cape Verdean Guinea-Bissauan are Guinea-Bissauan residents whose ancestry originated in Cape Verde.

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 Cape Verdean Guinea-Bissauan

The most recognized Cape Verdean Guinea-Bissauan include:

• Amílcar Cabral, led the movement for Cape Verdean independence
• Luís Cabral, first president of Guinea-Bissau
• Honório Barreto, governor of Guinea-Bissau
• Carlos Lopes, assistant to Assistant Secretary-General and Director for Political Affairs in his Executive Office

References

1. "Quadros De Paises e Ciadades de Acolhimentos de Caboverdianos." Instituto das Comunidades (In Portuguese)

External links

• Central Intelligence Agency. "Guinea-Bissau." The World Factbook. Retrieved October 19, 2007.