Abstract
On the outskirts of Bissau a leprosarium was created by the colonial authority for the isolation of portuguese Guinea colony patients . Cumura was emerging as a leprosy confinement space. The Catholic church took responsibility in assisting, thus avoiding the expansion of evangelical Protestants in the colony. As there weren't any portuguese missionaries with specific training, the Apostolic Mayor asked the Province of St. Anthony of Venice to send Franciscan missionaries who had been expelled from Tibet by Mao Tse Tung. Based on the filled research and on the ethnographic research, this article aims at rescuing and providing visibility to the Cumura Leprosy, combining the history, ethnography and photography of this institution currently known as Hospital do Mal de Hansen, a reference in medical assistance in Guinea-Bissau and for other West African countries.
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