Canhabaque

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Canhabaque (Roxa)
Canhabaque (Roxa on the map) belongs to the Bubaque sector
Canhabaque ( Roxa on the map ) belongs to the Bubaque sector
Waters Atlantic Ocean
Archipelago Bissagos Archipelago
Geographical location 11 ° 15 ′  N , 15 ° 43 ′  W Coordinates: 11 ° 15 ′  N , 15 ° 43 ′  W
Canhabaque (Guinea-Bissau)
Canhabaque
length 20 km
width 11 km
surface 111 km²
Residents 3,000 to 4,000
27 inhabitants / km²
main place Inorei

Canhabaque , also called Roxa , is an island in the east of the Bissagos Archipelago , which belongs to Guinea-Bissau . It is affiliated with the Bubaque administrative sector .

The island is almost entirely covered with mangrove forests. There are 19 villages on the island, of which Inorei is the largest. Each village is considered an independent social unit.

The villagers of Inorei consider some smaller islands to be part of their area in addition to the area around the village, including the Ilheus dos Porcos (Egubane, Anchurupi, Porcos) around two kilometers north of Canhabaque.

The Bijagos of Canhabaque are still most firmly attached to traditions, such as matriarchy , compared to the other islands of the archipelago.

In 1925 and 1936, the last rebellions against Portuguese colonial rule were put down here. The 1936 massacre left 35 dead and 127 wounded among the island's residents. 1500 colonial soldiers occupied the island, men were imprisoned, women and children fled to the surrounding islands.

photos

  • Satellite photo of the island

  • Map of the Bissagos Archipelago with Ilha Roxa ou Canhabaque

  • The 19 villages on Canhabaque

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christine Henry: Les îles où dansent les enfants défunts: âge, sexe et pouvoir chez les Bijogo de Guinée-Bissau. MSH, Paris 1994, ISBN 2735105857 , Google Books .
  2. ↑ Bijagos Islands ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ A short history of the country. ( Memento from June 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
    Comparative political studies. Sage Publications, 1 (1968), p. 506.
  4. ^ Archibald Lyall: Black and white make brown. An account of a journey to the Cape Verde Islands and Portuguese Guinea. Heinemann, London 1938, p. 261.
  5. ^ The International journal of African historical studies. Boston University / African Studies Center, 23 (1990), p. 772.