Categories: Literature Archive, Guinea Bissau
Waldir Araújo, born in 1971, is a journalist and writer from Guinea-Bissau. In 1985 he won the literary prize of Portuguese Cultural Center in Bissau and in the same year moved to Portugal where he did his secondary and university studies. He works as a journalist since 1996 and currently he is a member of the RDP África staff. In 2004, after winning a Scholarship for Literary Creation by the National Portuguese Culture Center, he spent some months with the Rabelados community at the Santiago Island in Cape Verde. He publishes his poems and short stories in newspapers and magazines in Portugal and Brasil. In 2008 he published the collection of short stories Admirável Diamante Bruto e Outros Contos (Admirable Rough Diamond and Other Stories, 2008). His short story “Sapateiro ...
A batalha de Tabatô (2013, feature film, João Viana, Portugal/Guinea-Bissau, prod.:Papaveronoir) official website
Sana Na N'Hada is a film director from Guinea-Bissau. He studied cinema in the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Arts. After returning to his homeland, he directed documentary films and, in 1979, he became the director of National Institute of Cinema of Guiné-Bissau. Since the 70's, he works with many directors including Flora Gomes and Chris Marker. In 1978 he directed his first short film The Days of Ancono. Xime, his first feature film was released in 1994. In 2005 he released documentary Bissau d'Isabel that won Prémio Revelação (RTP África) at the 2005 Festival Imagens in Cape Verde.