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{{Infobox revolutionary|name=Amílcar Cabral|image_size=200|birth_date=12 September 1924|birth_place=Bafatá, Portuguese Guinea|death_date=20 January 1973|death_place=Conakry, [[Guinea]]|death_cause=Murder by [[Estado Novo|Portuguese]] [[colonialism|colonialists]]|political_orientation=[[Scientific | {{Infobox revolutionary|name=Amílcar Cabral|image_size=200|birth_date=12 September 1924|birth_place=Bafatá, Portuguese Guinea|death_date=20 January 1973|death_place=Conakry, [[Guinea]]|death_cause=Murder by [[Estado Novo|Portuguese]] [[colonialism|colonialists]]|political_orientation=[[Scientific socialism]]<br>[[Pan-Africanism]]<br>[[Black nationalism]]|political_party=[[African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde]]|image=Amilcar Cabral.png}} | ||
'''Amílcar Lopes da Costa Cabral''' (12 September 1924 – 20 January 1973) was a [[Republic of Guinea-Bissau|Bissau-Guinean]] [[national liberation]] leader and pan- | '''Amílcar Lopes da Costa Cabral''' (12 September 1924 – 20 January 1973) was a [[Republic of Guinea-Bissau|Bissau-Guinean]] [[national liberation]] leader and [[Pan-Africanism|pan-African]] revolutionary. He was one of the main founders of the [[African Party for Independence]] (PAI) in 1956, which later became the [[African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde]] (PAIGC).<ref name=":1">{{Web citation|author=A-APRP|newspaper=All-African People's Revolutionary Party|title=History of the PAIGC|date=2014-05-14|url=https://aaprp-intl.org/history-of-the-paigc/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251008102840/https://aaprp-intl.org/history-of-the-paigc/|archive-date=2025-10-08}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Web citation|author=A-APRP|newspaper=All-African People's Revolutionary Party|title=Revolutionary Pan-Africanist Amilcar Cabral Considered the 2nd Greatest Leader of Humanity|date=2020-08-31|url=https://aaprp-intl.org/revolutionary-pan-africanist-amilcar-cabral-considered-the-2nd-greatest-leader-of-humanity/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251008104642/https://aaprp-intl.org/revolutionary-pan-africanist-amilcar-cabral-considered-the-2nd-greatest-leader-of-humanity/|archive-date=2020-10-08|quote=Many know Cabral (along with comrades) established the African Party for Independence (PAI) in 1956. (It became PAIGC in 1960 to acknowledge Guinea and the Cape Verde Islands.) Less known is that Cabral also helped found the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) – also in 1956. Specifically, he was one of the founders of the Partido de Luta Unida dos Africanos de Angola (PLUAA) that preceded the Manifesto of the MPLA. In addition, Cabral strongly influenced the shaping of the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (FRELIMO), and he had a major influence on the development of the Movement for the Liberation of Sao Tome e Principe (MLSTP) especially while its office and leaders were based in Conakry, not far from the PAIGC headquarters. | ||
Cabral was also one of the co-founders of the Organization of Solidarity with the People of Africa, Asia and Latin America (OSPAAAL) in 1966, which coordinates political-military struggles of anti-imperialist revolutionaries on three continents.}}</ref> Following his murder by traitorous elements of his movement, the Second Congress of the PAIGC elected [[Aristides Pereira]] as secretary-general of the party.<ref>[http://africa.gm/africa/gambia/article/2008/3/7/when-it-all-happened "Knight of the Long Knives in Conakry"]</ref><ref name=":12">{{Citation|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]|year=2008|title=The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World|chapter=Belgrade|page=98–99|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceascnzh26r5d6uitjjs2z7rflhaxlt7rboz5whzdf76qg6xxvecqq?filename=%28A%20New%20Press%20People%27s%20history%29%20Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20The%20darker%20nations_%20a%20people%27s%20history%20of%20the%20third%20world-The%20New%20Press%20%282008%29.pdf|publisher=The New Press|isbn=9781595583420|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9B40B96E830128A7FE0E0E887C06829F}}</ref> | |||
== Early life == | == Early life == | ||
Cabral was born to a [[Republic of Cabo Verde|Cape Verdean]] family in Bafatá in the colony of Guinea in 1924. He completed elementary school on the island of Santiago in Cape Verde and attended São Vicente High School from 1938 to 1944, where he presided over the students' association and played soccer. He moved to Portugal in 1945 to study in Lisbon. He went to the same school as [[Agostinho Neto]] and demonstrated against [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]] and the Portuguese fascist regime. He returned to Guinea after completing his degree and joined the Guinea Agricultural and Forestry Services in 1952.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=Carlos Lopes Pereira|newspaper=[[Workers World]]|title=Amílcar Cabral – African Marxist liberation leader – murdered 50 years ago by agents of Portuguese colonialism|date=2023-01-20|url=https://www.workers.org/2023/01/68711/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121130345/https://www.workers.org/2023/01/68711/|archive-date=2023-01-21|retrieved=2023-01-22}}</ref> | Cabral was born to a [[Republic of Cabo Verde|Cape Verdean]] family in Bafatá in the colony of Guinea in 1924. He completed elementary school on the island of Santiago in Cape Verde and attended São Vicente High School from 1938 to 1944, where he presided over the students' association and played soccer. He moved to [[Portuguese Republic|Portugal]] in 1945 to study in [[Lisbon]]. He went to the same school as [[Agostinho Neto]] and demonstrated against [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]] and the Portuguese [[Fascism|fascist]] regime. He returned to Guinea after completing his degree and joined the Guinea Agricultural and Forestry Services in 1952.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=Carlos Lopes Pereira|newspaper=[[Workers World]]|title=Amílcar Cabral – African Marxist liberation leader – murdered 50 years ago by agents of Portuguese colonialism|date=2023-01-20|url=https://www.workers.org/2023/01/68711/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121130345/https://www.workers.org/2023/01/68711/|archive-date=2023-01-21|retrieved=2023-01-22}}</ref> | ||
== Political career == | == Political career == | ||
Cabral tried to start a recreational association in Guinea in 1954, but the colonial authorities shut it down. He frequently traveled to Portugal and [[Republic of Angola|Angola]] and founded the | Cabral tried to start a recreational association in Guinea in 1954, but the colonial authorities shut it down.<ref name=":0" /> He frequently traveled to Portugal and [[Republic of Angola|Angola]] and founded the African Party for Independence (PAI) in 1956, which later became the PAIGC in 1960.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> | ||
Cabral was also a founder and coordinator of the [[Conference of Nationalist Organizations in the Portuguese Colonies]] (CONCP)<ref name=":1" /> and one of the founders of the [[Organization in Solidarity with the People of Africa, Asia and Latin America]] (OSPAAAL) in 1966.<ref name=":2" /> | |||
Cabral left Lisbon for the last time in 1960 and set up the PAIGC headquarters in [[Conakry]] in the [[Republic of Guinea]].<ref name=":0" /> He began the armed independence struggle in 1963 with an attack on the barracks of Tite.<ref name=":0" /> In 1964, he attended the second meeting of the [[Non-Aligned Movement]] in [[Cairo]].<ref name=":122">{{Citation|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]|year=2008|title=The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World|chapter=Belgrade|page=103|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceascnzh26r5d6uitjjs2z7rflhaxlt7rboz5whzdf76qg6xxvecqq?filename=%28A%20New%20Press%20People%27s%20history%29%20Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20The%20darker%20nations_%20a%20people%27s%20history%20of%20the%20third%20world-The%20New%20Press%20%282008%29.pdf|publisher=The New Press|isbn=9781595583420|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9B40B96E830128A7FE0E0E887C06829F}}</ref> Portugal assassinated him in 1973 but failed to stop the national liberation movement.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
== Influence == | |||
The ideological orientation of [[Nkrumahism-Touréism-Cabralism]], followed by the [[All-African People's Revolutionary Party]], takes its influence in part from the "consistent, revolutionary, Pan-African principles, practices and policies followed, implemented and taught" by Amílcar Cabral, among others such as [[Kwame Nkrumah]] and [[Ahmed Sékou Touré|Sékou Touré]].<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=All-African People’s Revolutionary Party|title=Ideology of the AAPRP|url=https://aaprp-intl.org/ideology-of-the-aaprp/|quote=Nkrumahism-Touréism-Cabralism takes its name from the consistent, revolutionary, Pan-African principles, practices and policies followed, implemented and taught by Kwame Nkrumah, Sékou Touré and Amílcar Cabral; which acts as a cohesive force that binds us together, guides and directs our revolutionary action, and channels it towards the achievement of Pan-Africanism and the inevitable triumph of socialism in the world.}}</ref> | |||
== ProleWiki library == | |||
* [[:Category:Library works by Amilcar Cabral|Library works by Amilcar Cabral]] | |||
* [[Library:Revolution in Guinea|''Revolution in Guinea: An African People's Struggle'']] (1969) | |||
* ''[[Library:Return to the Source|Return to the Source: Selected Speeches by Amilcar Cabral]]'' (1973) | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
Latest revision as of 20:46, 27 July 2026
Amílcar Cabral | |
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| Born | 12 September 1924 Bafatá, Portuguese Guinea |
| Died | 20 January 1973 Conakry, Guinea |
| Cause of death | Murder by Portuguese colonialists |
| Political orientation | Scientific socialism Pan-Africanism Black nationalism |
| Political party | African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde |
Amílcar Lopes da Costa Cabral (12 September 1924 – 20 January 1973) was a Bissau-Guinean national liberation leader and pan-African revolutionary. He was one of the main founders of the African Party for Independence (PAI) in 1956, which later became the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC).[1][2] Following his murder by traitorous elements of his movement, the Second Congress of the PAIGC elected Aristides Pereira as secretary-general of the party.[3][4]
Early life[edit | edit source]
Cabral was born to a Cape Verdean family in Bafatá in the colony of Guinea in 1924. He completed elementary school on the island of Santiago in Cape Verde and attended São Vicente High School from 1938 to 1944, where he presided over the students' association and played soccer. He moved to Portugal in 1945 to study in Lisbon. He went to the same school as Agostinho Neto and demonstrated against NATO and the Portuguese fascist regime. He returned to Guinea after completing his degree and joined the Guinea Agricultural and Forestry Services in 1952.[5]
Political career[edit | edit source]
Cabral tried to start a recreational association in Guinea in 1954, but the colonial authorities shut it down.[5] He frequently traveled to Portugal and Angola and founded the African Party for Independence (PAI) in 1956, which later became the PAIGC in 1960.[1][2]
Cabral was also a founder and coordinator of the Conference of Nationalist Organizations in the Portuguese Colonies (CONCP)[1] and one of the founders of the Organization in Solidarity with the People of Africa, Asia and Latin America (OSPAAAL) in 1966.[2]
Cabral left Lisbon for the last time in 1960 and set up the PAIGC headquarters in Conakry in the Republic of Guinea.[5] He began the armed independence struggle in 1963 with an attack on the barracks of Tite.[5] In 1964, he attended the second meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement in Cairo.[6] Portugal assassinated him in 1973 but failed to stop the national liberation movement.[5]
Influence[edit | edit source]
The ideological orientation of Nkrumahism-Touréism-Cabralism, followed by the All-African People's Revolutionary Party, takes its influence in part from the "consistent, revolutionary, Pan-African principles, practices and policies followed, implemented and taught" by Amílcar Cabral, among others such as Kwame Nkrumah and Sékou Touré.[7]
ProleWiki library[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 A-APRP (2014-05-14). "History of the PAIGC" All-African People's Revolutionary Party. Archived from the original on 2025-10-08.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 “Many know Cabral (along with comrades) established the African Party for Independence (PAI) in 1956. (It became PAIGC in 1960 to acknowledge Guinea and the Cape Verde Islands.) Less known is that Cabral also helped found the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) – also in 1956. Specifically, he was one of the founders of the Partido de Luta Unida dos Africanos de Angola (PLUAA) that preceded the Manifesto of the MPLA. In addition, Cabral strongly influenced the shaping of the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (FRELIMO), and he had a major influence on the development of the Movement for the Liberation of Sao Tome e Principe (MLSTP) especially while its office and leaders were based in Conakry, not far from the PAIGC headquarters.
Cabral was also one of the co-founders of the Organization of Solidarity with the People of Africa, Asia and Latin America (OSPAAAL) in 1966, which coordinates political-military struggles of anti-imperialist revolutionaries on three continents.”
A-APRP (2020-08-31). "Revolutionary Pan-Africanist Amilcar Cabral Considered the 2nd Greatest Leader of Humanity" All-African People's Revolutionary Party. Archived from the original on 2020-10-08. - ↑ "Knight of the Long Knives in Conakry"
- ↑ Vijay Prashad (2008). The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World: 'Belgrade' (pp. 98–99). [PDF] The New Press. ISBN 9781595583420 [LG]
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Carlos Lopes Pereira (2023-01-20). "Amílcar Cabral – African Marxist liberation leader – murdered 50 years ago by agents of Portuguese colonialism" Workers World. Archived from the original on 2023-01-21. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
- ↑ Vijay Prashad (2008). The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World: 'Belgrade' (p. 103). [PDF] The New Press. ISBN 9781595583420 [LG]
- ↑ “Nkrumahism-Touréism-Cabralism takes its name from the consistent, revolutionary, Pan-African principles, practices and policies followed, implemented and taught by Kwame Nkrumah, Sékou Touré and Amílcar Cabral; which acts as a cohesive force that binds us together, guides and directs our revolutionary action, and channels it towards the achievement of Pan-Africanism and the inevitable triumph of socialism in the world.”
"Ideology of the AAPRP". All-African People’s Revolutionary Party.