Cabral, Amilcar
Born: Sep 21, 1924 AD
Died: 1973 AD, at 48 years of age.
Nationality: Guinean
Categories: Politician
Died: 1973 AD, at 48 years of age.
Nationality: Guinean
Categories: Politician
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.
Page last updated: 12:08pm, 24th Mar '07
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Amilcar Cabral: Revolutionary Leadership And People's War by Patrick Chabal (Paperback - Mar 31, 2003) This book, first published in 1983 by Cambridge University Press and now issued for the first time in paperback with a new preface, tells the story of Amilcar Cabral who, as head of PAIGC,...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Unity and struggle: Speeches and writings by Amilcar Cabral (Paperback - Jul 25, 1979) |
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Amilcar Cabral's Revolutionary Theory and Practice: A Critical Guide by Ronald H. Chilcote (Hardcover - Jul 25, 1991) |
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Return to the Source: Selected Speeches by Amilcar Cabral (Paperback - Dec 1, 1974) |
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REVOLUTION IN GUINEA by Amilcar Cabral (Hardcover - Jul 25, 1969) |
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Cabral and the problem of the African revolution (IDR working paper) by Dessalegn Rahmato (Unknown Binding - Jul 25, 1982) |
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