“Hide nothing from the masses of our people. Tell no lies. Expose lies whenever they are told. Mask no difficulties, mistakes, failures. Claim no easy victories…” - Amilcar Cabral
(Amilcar Cabral)
Amilcar Cabral was born on September 12th, 1924 in Bafata, Guinea.
(Cabral as a child)
Cabral went to high school in Cape Verde. Then he moved to another high school in Portugal. He founded student movements dedicated to opposing the ruling dictatorship of Portugal and promoting the cause of independence for the Portuguese colonies in Africa.
(Cabral in 1923)
In the 1950’s he returned to Africa. In 1956 he founded the PAIGC (Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde (African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde)).
(Cabral in 1956)
In 1963 Cabral led guerrilla movements against the Portuguese in Guinea and Cape Verde. Cabral set up camps in Ghana with permission from Kwame Nkrumah to train his troops in Ghana.
(Cabral (Center) with his soldiers)
During the war with the Portuguese he set up roving hospitals in Guinea.
(Cabral in 1963)
In 1965 he met Fidel Castro.
(Cabral (Right) with Fidel Castro (Left))
On January 20th, 1973 Amilcar Cabral was shot and killed by disgruntled former PAIGC rivals in Conakry, Guinea. He was 48 years old.
(Cabral’s Funeral)
Today is his 92nd birthday and we would all like to say happy birthday and rest in peace Amilcar Cabral.
Videos of Amilcar Cabral
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O-obP3r6Hw “Amilcar Cabral Guinee Bissau Cap-Vert”
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLo3Y2IG-iY “Amilcar Cabral: (The Cancer of Betrayal -english subtitles) Discours sur Le Cancer de la Trahison”
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