Jamila Pereira

is a Bissau-Guinean culture journalist, writer, poet and international relations graduate, based in Leeds. Pereira's works can be found in Portuguese and English, through platforms such as Black Ballad, The Republic, Bantumen, and Open Democracy.

Jamila Pereira

Jamila Pereira

‘I Want the Chapters of My Life to Be Written by Brilliant Black Women’ Jamila Pereira’s First Draft

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Author of ‘Resisting Linguistic Genocide’, Jamila Pereira, believes in striking a delicate balance between storytelling and presenting factual events: ‘While weaving a compelling narrative is essential for engaging readers, it was equally vital to remain faithful to historical truths and realities.’ Read More...
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Guinea-Bissau

Resisting Linguistic Genocide How Colonization Shaped Language in Guinea-Bissau

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Colonization was an enterprise that not only administratively dominated the colonized territories by having exploited its resources illegitimately and illegally. In Guinea-Bissau as in other formerly colonized regions, colonization was, above all, also an act of cultural alienation of the natives, who saw their traditions belittled and ridiculed, their history suspended, and their languages the preserve of the most uneducated. Read More...
AfricaApril/May 2023Guinea-Bissau