Cabral, Amilcar

Guinean revolutionary leader

1924 - Born in Bafata, Portuguese Guinea, on the 21st of September.

Educated in Lisbon, and he founded student movements dedicated to African nationalism.

1950s - He returned to Africa and began forming independence movements.

He was involved in the formation of the PAIGC or Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde.

He also worked to form a liberation party in Angola with Agostinho Neto.

1962 - Cabral led the PAIGC in a military conflict against the Portuguese imperial forces.

1973 - Assassinated on 20th of January, just months before Guinea-Bissau gained independence.