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Amílcar Cabral : the life of a reluctant nationalist

Title
Amílcar Cabral : the life of a reluctant nationalist / António Tomás.
Author
Tomás, António, 1973-
Publication
  • Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
  • ©2021

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Description
xii, 266 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 23 cm
Summary
"The Guinean-born Amílcar Cabral has been hailed as one of the most original voices in revolutionary processes on the African continent. He was not only behind one of the most resourceful independence movement in Africa, the PAIGC (African Party for the Liberation of Guinea and Cape Verde). But the challenge he posed against the colonial military might was also instrumental to end of Portuguese colonialism altogether. For reaction against Estado Novo brewed mostly in Bissau, on the account of a war the Portuguese was waging against the guerrilla and could not win. This biography describes Cabral's upbringing in Cape Verde, his political coming of age in Lisbon, as a student in agronomy and anticolonial activist, as well as his transformation into one of the most revered revolutionaries in the world. However, contrary to most studies on Cabral, which tend to rely on the materials produced during the liberation war, this book approaches the life of Cabral from a slightly different perspective. It explores a trove of Lusophone sources, particularly those ones that use contemporary issues to illuminate historical conundrums. The political trajectory Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau have followed sheds light not only on Cabral's quest for identity - being born in Guinea-Bissau from Cape Verdeans parents - but also on the day-to-day conduction of the anti-colonial war itself."--taken from publisher web site.
Uniform Title
Fazedor de utopias. English
Alternative Title
Fazedor de utopias.
Subject
  • Cabral, Amílcar, 1924-1973
  • To 1999
  • Revolutionaries > Guinea-Bissau > Biography
  • National liberation movements > Guinea-Bissau > History > 20th century
  • National liberation movements
  • Politics and government
  • Revolutionaries
  • Guinea-Bissau > Politics and government > To 1974
  • Guinea-Bissau
Genre/Form
  • Biographies.
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-241) and index.
Language (note)
  • Translated from the Portuguese.
Contents
Between guinea and Cape Verde -- The years in Lisbon -- Engineer and Clandestine militant -- Shattering the walls of silence -- A United front -- Modes of making war -- The Cape Verdean question -- A state inside the colony -- Winning in politics without losing the war -- Towards independence -- The killing of Cabral.
Call Number
Sc D 22-235
ISBN
  • 0197525571
  • 9780197525579
OCLC
1129791789
Author
Tomás, António, 1973- author.
Title
Amílcar Cabral : the life of a reluctant nationalist / António Tomás.
Publisher
Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Copyright Date
©2021
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-241) and index.
Language
Translated from the Portuguese.
Local Note
Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
Chronological Term
To 1999
Local Subject
Black author.
Research Call Number
Sc D 22-235
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