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  • NovelAuá: novela negraFausto Duarte · 1934not translated into EnglishThe novel, awarded a colonial literature prize, was meant as an ethnographic document.Literature
  • TaleJunbai: storias de Bolama e do outro mundoAnonymous · 1979not translated into EnglishIt is the first collection of tales published in the Creole of Guinea-Bissau.Literature
  • PoetryA luta é a minha primaveraVasco Cabral · 1981not translated into EnglishThe author, a companion of Amílcar Cabral, published his poems of struggle after years of political responsibilities.Literature
  • TaleContes créoles de Guinée-BissauEmilio Giusti · 1981not translated into EnglishTwenty Creole tales from Bissau and Casamance, transcribed and translated into French.Literature
  • Feature filmThose Whom Death RefusedMortu NegaFlora Gomes · 1988It is the first fiction feature film shot in independent Guinea-Bissau, in Creole.Cinema
  • NovelEterna paixãoAbdulai Sila · 1994not translated into EnglishThis novel, published twenty years after independence, is regarded as the first Guinea-Bissauan novel.Literature
  • Feature filmXimeSana Na N'Hada · 1994The film shows, on the eve of the war of independence, a village torn between tradition and revolt.Cinema