Language Practices and Policies in a Post-Colonial Setting: The Case of Guinea-Bissau
Jacqueline Rowe graduated from the Section of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics in 2019. Her dissertation project, supervised by Dr Henriëtte Hendriks, considered the role of Portuguese, Creole and indigenous languages in Bissau-Guinean society and schools, and the impact of globalisation on indigenous language practices. Jacqueline collected her data via a series of interviews with Bissau-Guineans, and created this short documentary from the interview footage outlining the political tensions surrounding language use and language choices in Guinea-Bissau.