Enlarging the faith and the empire: the press in portuguese Guinea throughout colonialism (1880-1973)

Abstract

The main goals of this article are to analyze the trajectory of journalism and the relationship between the press and the empire throughout colonialism in Portuguese Guinea. The study adopted a multidisciplinary perspective of research and analysis, in which the press is seen in their interdependence to the political, economic and social dimensions. To observe the journalistic performance this research applied the theories of journalism in liberal and authoritarian regimes. The late emergence of the official press reflected the fragility of the Portuguese presence during the Constitutional Monarchy. Along the Republic’s the independent press did not asserted as a space for public debate. In the Estado Novo the press was used to the propaganda of the authoritarian regime. Throughout colonialism the press in Guinea played the role of supporting and defending the Portuguese Empire.