spencer & bruno
head high against the coup
“We are a group of young and restless fans, who love their country and they would like to live in a climate of peace. In front of the yet another golpe de estado, we wondered what we could do to break the cycle of violence and prevent other similar episodes”. Spencer and Bruno, 37, and 33, are members of the Movimento Ação Cidadã (MAC), a Bissau-based citizens' movement born in response to the military coup of April 2012. The MAC is non-partisan and it chose a horizontal structure, to discuss as equals and take decisions collectively. A hard heart of 12 people that meet weekly, but the network that revolves around the movement has about 200 people.
The ambition of MAC is to raise awareness and make information at all levels of society, with a particular focus on political events in the country since the coup on, and the consequences that outline Guinea Bissau today.
To do that a blog has been opened through which you update readers on what happens in the State and the activities carried out by the Movement. Periodically, then, the MAC members organize a series of conferences on "fundamental themes" of the country: from education to healthcare to current policy. Who does not live in Bissau and cannot attend the meetings, however, he has the option to keep informed through the radio program Cidadania ativa, during which the MAC members and various guests to the microphones reproduce debates on the same issues. Another initiative is ultimately that of the so-called djumbai cidadania, literally “citizenry hangouts”: Movement runs the length and breadth of the country to reflect and discuss with young and not so young how it evolved and it is still evolving society of Guinea Bissau following the military coup.
“The MAC is an innovative perspective. We want to create a critical mass thinking, able to reflect on the issues of the country, to ask questions and demand answers. We want to express our views in a constructive manner”.
has about 30 years old,
is a woman,
she studied abroad,
she is graduated,
she lives in Bissau,
has a good job,
is a return brain.
“The Guinendadi is a collective feeling of love for our country. It is a complex concept, subjective: the representation of what we love most of Guinea Bissau.” such as Creole, the language that unites the 13 majority ethnic groups who live under the same sky.
