The Wealth of History of the Small African Twin-Island State São Tomé and Príncipe

Gerhard Seibert is an associate researcher at the Centre of International Studies (CEI), ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon (IUL), Portugal. He graduated in cultural anthropology from Utrecht University, Netherlands, in 1991, and earned a PhD in social sciences at Leiden University, the Netherlands, in 1999. Until 2008, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the former Tropical Research Institute (IICT) in Lisbon. From 2008-14, he was a researcher at the African Studies Centre (CEA) of ISCTE-IUL. Between 2014 and 2019, he was an associate professor at the Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afro-Brasileira (UNILAB) in Bahia, Brazil. He has conducted research in São Tomé and Príncipe, Mozambique, and Cabo Verde, and on Brazil-Africa relations, and has published numerous articles and book chapters. He is also author of the book Comrades, Clients and Cousins. Colonialism, Socialism and Democratization in São Tomé and Príncipe (2006) and co-editor of Brazil-Africa Relations. Historical Dimensions and Contemporary Engagements (2019).