Return to the Source: Selected Speeches of Amilcar Cabral

Posted on 18 October 2018 by Amilcar Cabral

Amilcar Cabral, who was the Secretary General of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and the Cape Verde Islands PAIGC , was assassinated by Portuguese agents on January 20, 1973 Under his leadership, the PAIGC liberated three quarters of the countryside of Guinea in less than ten years of revolutionary struggle Cabral distinguished himself among modern revolutionaries by the long and careful preparation, both theoretical and practical, which he undertook before launching the revolutionary struggle, and, in the course of the preparation, became one of the world s outstanding theoreticians of anti imperialist struggle This volume contains some of the principal speeches Cabral delivered in his last years during visits to the United States The first is his speech to the fourth Commission of the United Nations General Assembly on October 16, 1972, on Questions of Territories Under Portuguese Administration His brilliant speeches on National Liberation and Culture 1970 and Identity and Dignity in the Context of the National Liberation Struggle 1972 follow. Best Read Return to the Source: Selected Speeches of Amilcar Cabral [ Author ] Amilcar Cabral [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr The First book of Cabral s writings that I read in my senior year of High School It changed my life, and I know that it would change yours Just read it The information is still relevant to this dayAmilcar Cabral was a significant, respected political thinker on colonial issues from Guinea Bissau This is a small selection from his speeches They made me ask questions.Portugal was the last European power to give up its African colonies and they took some persuading cf armed struggle Are Cabral s words still relevant now that the oppression of small nations is economic, not colonial The WTO does not conform to international political protocols, it is not a nation and not subject to UN Amilcar Cabral was a significant, respected political thinker on colonial issues from Guinea Bissau This is a small selection from his speeches They made me ask questions.Portugal was the last European power to give up its African colonies and they took some persuading cf armed struggle Are Cabral s words still relevant now that the oppression of small nations is ec...An ok compilation by MR Africa Information Service of an absolutely brilliant thinker There are a number of typographical printing and spelling errors also, which is very unhelpful in reading somewhat dense theoretical texts.

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18 October 2018

Amilcar Cabral