The Reason Why There Are So Many Countries Named Guinea

The African continent is made up of over 50 countries. However, several countries in West Africa share the name ‘Guinea ‘. In this article, am going to share with you the names of these countries and the main reasons why countries share names based on historical facts. These countries are Guinea, and Papua New Guinea, Guinea Bissau.Equatorial Guinea.

Guinea comes from the Portuguese word “Guinea”. This word appeared in the mid-15th century. It refers to the guineas’ land. In other words, it was a collective designation for Africans from south of the Senegal river. However, according to the competing explanation, the word is derived from Djenné, a city in modern-day Mali that was extremely significant in trans-Saharan commerce from the 15th through the 17th centuries. 

For example, during the colonization of West Africa, numerous European nations called their colonial country German, Spanish, French or Portuguese Guinea. Some countries renamed themselves after independence, while others did not. After the Portuguese invaded the country in the 16th century, they dubbed it Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau. German Guinea dropped Guinea in its name to become Cameron and Togo. Finally, a Spanish explorer named a region in Southeast Asia Papua New Guinea after the West African people.

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