Poderes estatais e autoridades tradicionais na Guiné-Bissau (1994-2018)

Abstract

This study seeks to understand the relationship between state powers and traditional authorities in Guinea-Bissau, from 1994 to 2018. Guinea-Bissau formally adhered to democracy with the 1994 election, when it began the single-party transition phase for multipartyism. Since then, no president or prime minister has managed to complete his term until 2018, when, for the first time, a president managed to complete his term without being interrupted by a coup d'état. We will address traditional authorities from pre-colonial times to post-independence and their forms of organization. We will also discuss the legitimation of the regulo in the colonial era, in order to show how the Portuguese colonialists used different strategies to make political use of this figure. We also present the exclusions that the traditional powers suffered in the post-independence period and the moment of the recovery of these powers. Our cut extends to the first democratic steps in Guinea-Bissau from the first organized election, with the intention of understanding the existing relationships between state powers and traditional authorities, emphasizing that these are people close to the communities and help in the resolution of conflicts.