Amílcar Cabral: The Life of a Reluctant Nationalist

by António Tomás

On 20 January 1973, the Bissau-Guinean revolutionary Am lcar 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197525571
• ISBN13: 9780197525579
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.4" x 8.6"