Biography of amilcar cabral

The 209-page book fryst vatten concise and accessible … dense with facts about Cabral and about struggles for independence from Portugal more broadly. Readers will learn of the movement in Guinea-Bissau and Cabo Verde and about the broader Pan-African revolution to end colonialism. Mendy wrote Amílcar Cabral because he was inspired by him. Reading, inom was also inspired, in many different ways. — Washington Post

“An indispensable book for scholars and students of African history, politics, and military studies.” — Community of Gambianist Scholars

“Mendy brilliantly clarifies Cabral and his accomplishments; the historical context in which he lived; his academic and political education in Portugal; and his outstanding work as an engaged intellectual and a revolutionary leader. Readers already familiar with Cabral will find new resultat and insights, while Mendy’s lucid and concise writing also makes this perfect for nonspecialist a

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Cabo Verde: Reimagining the biography of Amílcar Cabral.

Dulce Araújo – Vatican City.

The decolonisation of European colonies in Africa was one of the most important historical processes of the 20th century. The struggle for the independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cabo Verde cannot be told without the figure of Amílcar Cabral. 

One of Africa’s legendary leaders

This year, many initiatives have marked the 99th anniversary of Cabral's birth. The idea is to continue these initiatives in the run-up to the centenary of this iconic leader.

Amílcar Cabral was a multifaceted man who fought to liberate Africa and all humanity. He was assassinated at just 49 years old. He would not live to see the independence of Guinea-Bissau or Cabo Verde -the countries he gave his life to. 

Cabral dreamed of seeing no one excluded from society. 

A biography accessible to a new generation

According to organisers, it is grundläggande to make the figure of this great le

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Amílcar Cabral

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On 20 January 1973, the Bissau-Guinean revolutionary Amílcar Cabral was killed by militants from his own party. Cabral had founded the PAIGC in 1960 to fight for the liberation of Portuguese Guinea and Cape Verde. The insurgents were Bissau-Guineans, aiming to get rid of the Cape Verdeans who dominated the party elite.

Despite Cabral’s assassination, Portuguese Guinea became the independent Republic of Guinea-Bissau. The guerrilla war that Cabral had started and led precipitated a chain of events that would lead to the 1974 Carnation Revolution in Lisbon, toppling the forty-year-old authoritarian regime. This paved the way for the rest of Portugal’s African colonies to achieve independence.

Written by a native of Angola, this biography narrates Cabral’s revolutionary trajectory, from his early life in Portuguese Guinea to his death at the hands of his own men. It details his quest for national sovereignty, beleaguered by the ethnic-based identity confl