Cooperation across the Lusophone World
Health, Education & Sustainable Development
Brazil, Portugal, and the six countries of Lusophone Africa - Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Cabo Verde and São Tomé and Príncipe - share a common language. This link - the product of a complex transatlantic history - is celebrated on 5 May each year during the International Day of Portuguese Language and Culture.
To mark the day in 2021, Canning House examined present-day cooperative ties across the Lusophone world in healthcare, education and sustainable development - where they exist, what they have achieved, and how they could go further. To discuss, we welcomed a panel of experts on the Lusophone world's past, present and future.
Panel
Chair: Dr Alexandra Lourenço Dias
Director of the Camões Centre for Portuguese Language and Culture, KCL
Dr Jose Lingna Nafafe
Senior Lecturer in Portuguese and Lusophone Studies, Department of Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies, University of Bristol
Katyna Argueta
Resident Representative in Brazil, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Maria Berta Ecija
PhD candidate at King's Brazil Institute and at the African Leadership Centre, KCL