Guinea Bissau
About Guinea Bissau
Guinea-Bissau, officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, is a country in West Africa that covers 36,125 square kilometres (13,948 sq mi) with an estimated population of 2,080,000. It borders Senegal to its north and Guinea to its southeast.
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Guinea Bissau on the west coast of Africa — the music of its national anthem was written by a Chinese guy called Shao Hay, because the words were written by Amilcar Cabral, the leader of the African Party for the independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde. In 1963, he went on a delegation to China and they met this guy, Xiaohi, and asked him to write the music.
from No Such Thing As Drinking A Sock Full Of Custard, 2025-05-22 at 00:18:15 · read transcript
Other times Guinea Bissau came up
In 1963, he went on a delegation to China and they met this guy, And in 1963, he went on a delegation to China and they met this guy, Xiao He, and asked him to write the music. Really? Yeah. Literally last year in 2024, Xi Jinping held a welcome ceremony for the current president of Guinea Bissau, who's a guy called Umaro Sissoko Mbalo, and they played the anthem. This is our well-beloved motherland. It feels like it's got an edge to it when you're being hosted by Xi Jinping as the president of tiny Guinea-Bissau and he's saying, here's your national anthem.
584: No Such Thing As Drinking A Sock Full Of Custard, 2025-05-22 · listen
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