Amílcar Cabral, also known as Abel Djassi, was a leader in the struggle for independence in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde. Cabral was a writer, agronomic engineer, and Marxist nationalist. He was born on September 12, 1924 in Bafata, Portuguese Guinea. His father, Juvenal Cabral was Cape Verdean and his mother Iva Pinhel Évora was Guinean. In 1932 his family moved …
A Encyclopaedia Africana
September 14, 2020
AMILCAR CABRAL
Amilcar’s revolutionary theory was aimed at ending colonial domination, but he believed that this objective would only achieve “flag independence.”
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August 28, 2020
GUINEA-BISSAU NATIONAL ANTHEM
Centuries of pain and hope;
This is the land of our ancestors.