Amílcar Cabral : the life of a reluctant nationalist / António Tomás.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tomás, António, 1973- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Revolutionaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 pages) : maps (black and white).

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

On the 20th of January 1973, the Bissau-Guinean revolutionary Amílcar 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 40 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.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-765105-4

0-19-761083-8