Posted on August 3, 2018
I always tremble to read about a Martyr's Day, knowing that I will be reading a super sad story. This one is no different - striking workers in the African nation of Guinea-Bissau, folks just trying to get decent pay for themselves so that they could better support their families, were gunned down by Portuguese political police (at the time Guinea-Bissau was a Portuguese colony).
This fist monument commemorates the massacre. |
The horrific action by the Portuguese led the group working for independence in a peaceful way to change tactics - and so began a 13-year armed struggle. That's super duper sad.
Let's cheer ourselves up with a peek at some of the natural beauties of this nation:
And here is a tourism video.
Kids are beautiful, everywhere you go!
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