Can anyone tell me some traditions for Christmas in Guinea?

Question

I'm doing a project and I need to know about Christmas in the country of Guinea. Help!!!!

Answer 1

1. The official name of the country is the Republic of Guinea, its capital is Conakry, and its official language is French. If this is a project for school, then I think you can validly challenge the whole basis of this assignment.

2. These are the bases of your challenge.
a) Potentially wrong country. There are three similarly-named countries: Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, and Guyana.
b) Guinea is predominantly muslim. Muslims account for 85% of the population and Christians only 10% (the other 5% will be animists). The religious festivals of Ramadan and Tabaski are celebrated extensively in Guinea. The other three countries have a much greater proportion of Christians.
http://www.guinee.gov.gn/2_presentation/langues.htm
http://conakry.usembassy.gov/holidays.html
c) Low levels of literacy and poverty. This results in less detailed information being available about the country. Here are the official government statistics. Only 25% of the population are literate, only 15-20% speak French (the country's official language), over 50% is under 15 years of age, 22.6% of children die by the age of 5 years, life expectancy is 42 years for men and 47 years for women, and about 40% of the populationlive in poverty.
http://www.guinee.gov.gn/2_presentation/population.htm
http://www.guinee.gov.gn/2_presentation/indice_de_developpement_humain.htm

3. If your project really is about Guinea, then I do not envy you. Have a look to see what you can find in these websites, where knowledge of French will be useful. Otherwise try to find a Guinean national, and good luck.
http://www.guineeconakry.info/
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.guinea-conakry?hl=en
http://www.conakryonline.com/
http://www.kababachir.com/
http://www.kibarou.com/
http://www.kokolala.com/
http://www.nlsguinee.com/
http://www.radio-kankan.com/
http://www.usaid.gov/gn/
http://www.guinea-forum.org/Analyses/index.asp?ana=18&Lang=A