Guinea Bissau (population 1.6 million – 2015 est.) formerly known as the slave coast is located in West Africa. Its capital city is Bissau.
The following photos depicting daily life in parts of Guinea Bissau were taken and shared by Roel Coutinho, a Dutch medical doctor working in Guinea Bissau in 1973 and 1974:
Child in Canjambari village (1974)
Woman cooking (1974)
People’s shop in Sara. Woman touching the tissues [fabrics]; Sara (1974)
Women preparing food, pounding rice? Sara (1974)
Woman smoking a pipe in Sara (1974)
Woman, man and child; Hermangono (1974)
Canjambari village (1974)
Woman sewing (1974)
Woman with child (1974)
Mending bicycle tires donated by Norway, Sara (1974)
Woman cultivating field (1974)
Medical consultation in Campada college. Female PAIGC soldier playing cards (1974)
Woman somewhere in the northern frontline; Hermangono (1974)
Imam takes care of a leper, Sara (1974)
Woman with child at school; Farim (1974)
Canoeing across the river, Canjambari (1973)
Dancing with soldiers, Canjambari (1974)
Family cooking (1974)
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