Cabral, Amílcar

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Amílcar Cabral

born 1921, Bafata, Portuguese Guinea

died Jan. 20, 1973, Conakry, Guinea

Guinean nationalist politician.

In 1956 he founded the Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde, which in 1962 began a war of liberation against Portuguese forces. By the late 1960s Cabral controlled much of Portuguese Guinea. He was assassinated in 1973. His half-brother, Luís de Almeida Cabral, became the first president of independent Guinea-Bissau in 1974.

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Cabral, Amilcar - agronomist and nationalist politician, founder (1956) and secretary-general of the Partido Africano da Independencia da Guine e Cabo Verde (PAIGC; African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde). With Agostinho Neto he was cofounder (1956) of a liberation movement in Angola.

Guinea-Bissau - The government has concerned itself with providing a compulsory universal basic education consisting of six years. For those children who show scholastic promise there are five years of secondary education. Amilcar Cabral University and the University of Colinas de Boe, both founded in 2003 and based in Bissau, provide opportunities for higher education. There are also schools for teacher ...

Cape Verde - The economy is mixed, with approximately half the national production generated by state-owned concerns. Agriculture absorbs most of the labour force, although small-scale industry and services together generate a larger share of the gross national product (GNP). The mainstays of the economy are the revenue from Amilcar Cabral International Airport on Sal, foreign aid, and emigrants' remittances. ...

Guinea-Bissau - The Portuguese territorial claim in Guinea was disputed by both the British and the French. Periodic negotiation first excluded the British (1870) and then settled the boundaries with the French-claimed territories (1886 and 1902-05). These frontier agreements were followed by the slow and sometimes violent imposition of Portuguese colonial rule. The final "pacification" campaigns were fought by ...

Andrade, Mario Pinto de - Angolan writer and nationalist leader.

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