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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 .
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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
MARCH 9 2025
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MAY 10 2024
JAMILA PEREIRA•MAY 10 2024
Bissau-Guinean writer and author of ‘Resisting Linguistic Genocide: How Colonization Shaped Language in Guinea-Bissau’, 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.’
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FEBRUARY 27 2024
JAMILA PEREIRA•FEBRUARY 27 2024
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APRIL 26 2023
JAMILA PEREIRA•APRIL 26 2023
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.