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Amílcar Cabral

1924 – 1973

Guinea-Bissau and Cabo Verde

Guinea-Bissau and Cabo Verde independence leader who cofounded the PAIGC and led its armed struggle against Portuguese rule, openly declared in 1963; he was assassinated in Conakry in January 1973, shortly before Guinea-Bissau's independence.

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PAIGC armed escort carrying a wounded person to the Senegalese border, Guinea-Bissau liberation war, 1974
Credit: Roel Coutinho / ASC Leiden, via Wikimedia Commons. License: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Sources

  1. Lucy Burnett, BlackPast.org, "Amílcar Lopes Cabral (1924-1973)" (Reference)
  2. Museu do Aljube – Resistência e Liberdade (Lisbon), "Amílcar Lopes Cabral" (Primary source)
  3. South African History Online, "Guinea-Bissau is granted independence" (Reference)

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