History of Guinea-Bissau
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The region now known as Guinea-Bissau, in West Africa, has been inhabited by humans for thousands of years. During the 13th century CE, it was a province of the Mali Empire which later became independ
The colonial war in Portuguese Guinea, 1968
Portuguese-held (green), disputed (yellow), and rebel-held areas (red) in Portuguese Guinea, Angola and Mozambique (1970)
The presidential palace in Bissau (damaged during the 1998–99 civil war) in 2007
Portuguese Guinea
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Portuguese Guinea, called the Overseas Province of Guinea from 1951 until 1972 and then State of Guinea from 1972 until 1974, was a Portuguese overseas province in West Africa from 1588 until 10 Septe
History of Guinea-Bissau
…1450s, but its control was limited to several forts along the coast during most of this period; it gained control of the mainland after a series of "pacification campaigns" from 1912 to 1915, which used military forces to violently crush local resistance. The offshore Bijagos Islands were not colonized until 1936…
Cacheu Fort
Portuguese Guinea in the 1960s
Ruins from the colonial era on Bolama Island (in recovery)