Amílcar Cabral The Life of a Reluctant Nationalist

On 20 January 1973, the Bissau-Guinean revolutionary Amìlcar 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 conflicts the national liberation movement struggled to overcome. Through the life of Cabral, António Tomás critically reflects on existing ways of thinking and writing about the independence of Lusophone Africa.

ISBN:	9781787381445
Publisher:	C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Imprint:	Hurst & Company
Published date:	29 Apr 2021
DEWEY:	966.5702092
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	xii, 266
Weight:	494g
Height:	148mm
Width:	224mm
Spine width:	32mm

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