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To defend the Earth is to defend the human : Amílcar Cabral on soil, society and freedom / edited by Anselmo Matusse, Carlos Lopes and Lesley Green ; translated by Anselmo Matusse
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cabral, Amílcar, 1924-1973, author.
- Language:
- English
- Portuguese
- Subjects (All):
- Africa.
- Environmental justice--Africa--History--20th century.
- Environmental justice.
- Genre:
- History
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Pretoria, South Africa : AISA Press, [2026]
- Summary:
- "'To defend the Earth is to defend the human."' 'The soil preserves people. Can people preserve the soil?' Amílcar Cabral's words continue to resonate deeply even decades after his assassination, offering powerful motivation to reimagine sustainability and justice on a continent facing mounting ecological and social pressures. This collection of Cabral's writings, originally published in Portuguese in 1988 as Estudos Agrários de Amílcar Cabral, is not only a tribute to his vision, but also a call to action. Cabral's revolutionary conceptualization of soil was that it was political, historical, and human. He warned against colonial extraction, monoculture farming, and private land grabs, insisting that soil must be understood through the lives and labor of those who live on it. For Cabral, earth, rain, stone, and breath were not just elements, they were the foundation of freedom"-- De Gruyter Brill
- Contents:
- Some considerations about the rains
- In defence of the land
- The problem of soil erosion
- Understanding the problem of soil erosion in Guinea
- On the mechanisation of agriculture in Portuguese Guinea
- About land use in Black Africa
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed August 10, 2026)
- Other Format:
- Print version: Cabral, Amílcar, 1924-1973 To defend the Earth is to defend the human
- ISBN:
- 9780798305532
- 0798305533
- 9780798305525
- 0798305525
- OCLC:
- 1592939196
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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