Why are so many countries called Guinea? (Short Animated Documentary)

Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea and Papua New Guinea are all called Guinea to some degree. But what led to this happening? Why are there four modern nations called Guinea? To find out watch this short and simple animated history documentary.

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[GuildsmanPirate]

“Germany’s team came second in World War I” the humor of this channel is my absolute favorite

[Scubavangelist]

"... but cultural sensitivity is not the cornerstone of imperialism..."

Very diplomatically put!

[discountwolverine]

“They’re the same people.”

This channel is comedy gold.

[xavierguinea]

As someone who has Guinea as their last name, this was very informative.

[nowhereman]

Imagine if they used Ethiopia instead. We would have Equatorial Ethiopia, Papua New Ethiopia, and so on while actual Ethiopia would probably just call itself Abyssinia.

[mrterp]

Another great video! Three suggestions for the new year:
1.) Why does Monaco exist?
2.) Why does France still rule French Guyana?
3.) How did Portugal hold onto Goa and Macau for so long?

[lordrc]

I like that you made a distinction between the Guineas and the Guyanas. As a native Guyanese, I appreciate it

[Missmethinksalot]

Your dry humor sold it for me. The ironic expressions of the natives in your animation was just the cherry on top. Instant sub.

[allthingsholy]

I’ve now heard Guinea so many times in just this video that the word Guinea has lost all meaning to me.

[dna]

“As you know, Germany’s team came second in World War One”

Always finding new ways to creatively state the facts

[evilmountain]

Can't believe you didn't answer the real, very important question: Why are guinea pigs called guinea pigs?

[genarogatjens]

I am from Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶..Nice job🤗Keep it up🙌🏾

[cpd]

Imagine purchasing a plane ticket to the wrong Guinea

[wantokamerica]

Always love your videos let me correct a couple of details about my home, Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬.

Actually, Papua was also a name given by Europeans. The Portuguese who first visited (but thankfully never colonised) the island had Malay sailors on board. While those Spanish explorers were fixated on the locals' black skins (= like africans' dark skins), the Malay sailors, who would have had straight hair, were fixated on the locals' frizzy and curly hair and used a slang word for frizzy haired people in their language, Papua.The Portuguese map makers just adopted it.

And another correction-- the German colony was split at the equator between the Australians and Japanese at the end of WWI. The British already had the southeast quarter of New Guinea, calling it British Papua, but had given it to Australia in 1905.
So after WWI the Australians had both (no longer German) New Guinea and (no longer British) Papua, but administered them separately. After WWII, they united them as "Papua & New Guinea". The "&" got dropped at Independence in 1975.

Note: No one ever asked the people of this country if they wanted to be British or German or Australian, or even

[kyleanthonystevens]

I'd like a "Why does Afghanistan exist?" It's ethnically and linguistically split and has been sandwiched between many different empires. Seems like it should have been carved up by now.

[alancawfield]

Fun Fact: Equitorial Guinea's capital city Malabo is not on the mainland but on the island to north west of the mainland.Which is really quite odd.

[kristinnkristinsson]

For those curious, the name of the mystery third area of Africa between Guinea and the Sahara was "Negroland". But I wouldn't accuse colonialism in particular for cultural insensitivity, referencing the inhabitants' skin color seemed to be the name of the game, with many other place names in the continent being derived the same way (ex: Sudan from Berber, Ethiopia from Greek).

[LiamDennehy]

These topics feel so random, but always so well produced. Nice!

[connorgolden]

This is a question I never thought of but I’m glad is answered.

[rocou]

that's the kind of questions that wake me up in panic and keep me up at night lol. thank you for this nice little video!