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Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | Colonialism and Literary Production in Guinea-Bissau |
Author: | Kennedy, James H. |
Year: | 1984 |
Periodical: | Current Bibliography on African Affairs |
Volume: | 17 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 155-165 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Guinea-Bissau Portugal |
Subjects: | colonialism literature Literature, Mass Media and the Press History and Exploration Bibliography/Research |
Abstract: | The relative dearth of literature in Guinea-Bissau can be linked directly to colonial policies which never encouraged mass immigration from Europe nor the establishment of Portuguese educational institutions. At independence the government of Guinea-Bissau intensified its literacy program and accelerated the appreciation of literature among the masses. Ref. |