THE STATE INSTRUMENTS AND THE GEOPOLITICS OF LINEAGES IN THE SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: LEGAL POWER VERSUS TRADITIONAL POWER – THE CASE OF GUINEA-CONAKRY

Resumo

The articulation originated in Guinea-Conakry of legal andtraditional policies and the observance of the nature of their geopolitics,the former, statewide, and the latter, of lineages, are discussed in thetext. In two parts, the instrumentality of the State machine, which seeksa good governance in a newly-established democracy, and thecharacteristics of the traditional power, with its important task ofbuilding up sociocultural identities, are established not disregarding thefriction point of the articulation of both unequal powers that seek inthis articulation to overcome this chronic condition of underdevelopedthat the country has maintained since it rose as an independent State.In a national perspective of Guinea-Conakry, the changes that a newpolitical class with international formation and articulation has beenundertaking in sub-Saharan Africa can be observed.