Amílcar Cabral A Nationalist and Pan-Africanist Revolutionary ,Peter Karibe Mendy

-About this book

Amílcar Cabral was an agronomist who led an armed struggle that ended Portuguese colonialism in Guinea-Bissau and Cabo Verde. The uprising contributed significantly to the collapse of a fascist regime in Lisbon and the dismantlement of Portugal’s empire in Africa. Assassinated by a close associate with the deep complicity of the Portuguese colonial authorities, Cabral not only led one of Africa’s most successful liberation movements, but was the voice and face of the anticolonial wars against Portugal.

A brilliant military strategist and astute diplomat, Cabral was an original thinker who wrote innovative and inspirational essays that still resonate today. His charismatic and visionary leadership, his active pan-Africanist solidarity and internationalist commitment to « every just cause in the world, » remain relevant to contemporary struggles for emancipation and self-determination. Peter Karibe Mendy’s compact and accessible biography is an ideal introduction to his life and legacy.

-Contents
 Preface and Acknowledgments
Abbreviations and Acronyms
introduction
1 Terra Natal
Early Childhood in Portuguese Guinea,
1924–32 24
2 Terra Ancestral
Schooling and Adolescence in Cabo
Verde, 1932–45  
3 Mãe Patria
Higher Education and Political Militancy
in Portugal, 1945–52  
4 Return to Terra Natal
Colonial Service and Anticolonial
Activities, 1952–56  
5 Binationalism in Action
Passive Resistance and War Preparations,
1956–63  
6 Conducting Armed Struggle
The Liberation of Portuguese Guinea, 1963–73 

7 Solidarity with “Every Just Cause”
Pan-Africanism and Internationalism in Action  
8 The “Cancer of Betrayal”
The Assassination of Amílcar Cabral,
20 January 1973 
9 A Luta Continua
The Independence of Guinea-Bissau and
Cabo Verde, 1973–75  
10 Cabral ka Muri
The Legacy of Amílcar Cabral 
Notes
Bibliography
index  

 -caractéristiques   

Date de parution :11 juin 2019

Éditeur : Ohio University Press

Langue : Anglais

Nb. De pages: 238  

ISBN-10 : 082142372X

ISBN-13 : 978-0821423721

Poids de l’article : 181 g

Dimensions : 10.8 x 1.52 x 17.78 cm