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Culture: Guinea Bissau

Includes performing and visual arts, film, music, museums, theater, folklore. Check sites listed under 'General' for more information and under 'Search Engines' for more sites.

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 African & Middle Eastern Division,
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African Women Writers (http://www.arts.uwa.edu.au/AFLIT/FEMECalphabetique.html)
Alphabetical list of women writers in the languages Afrikaans, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish.

African Writers: Voices of Change (http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/cm/africana/writers.htm)
African literature site from the University of Florida with links to literature, discussion groups, journals, biographies, study guides and more.

AfroMix.org (http://www.afromix.org/static/disco/pays/index.en.html)
Provides information on music, bands, artists, labels, biographies, etc.

Encyclopedia.com (http://www.encyclopedia.com)
From the Electronic Library, searching the Encyclopedia.com by country provides numerous narrative articles on its history, culture, politics.

Guide du Theatre en Afrique et dans l'Ocean Indien - Guinea Bissau (http://www.mediaport.net/CP/AeC/Theatre/Pays/Guin%5Feacute%5Fe%5FBissau.en.html)
"Symbolic performances in public play an extremely important part in social life in Guinea-Bissau. Typical examples of this are the traditional performances of the Bijagos people...."

SIBMAS International Directory of Performing Arts Collections and Institutions -- Africa
(http://www.sibmas.org/idpac/africa/index.html)
"...lists over 7000 international institutions with material relating to the performing arts (theatre, opera, music, ballet, film, circus, radio, television, cabaret, pantomime). Not only basic information about the institution is provided, but also information about collections found within the institutions."

United Nations (http://www.un.org)
The official site of the United Nations provides articles, reports, etc. in several languages on all aspects of the initiatives and mission of that organization as well as on the contemporary life, culture, society, international relations, etc. of all the countries and peoples of the world.

Afrika.no: the Index on Africa (The Norwegian Council for Africa) (http://afrika.no/)
Links to news, information, annotated resources on African countries. Sponsored by the Norwegian Council for Africa.

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