Amílcar Cabral

The Life of a Reluctant Nationalist

von António Tomás

272 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

>Despite Cabral's assassination, Portuguese Guinea became the independent Republic of Guinea- Bissau. The guerrilla war that Cabral had started and led precipitated a chain of events that would lead to the 1974 Carnation Revolution in Lisbon, toppling the forty-year-old authoritarian regime. This paved the way for the rest of Portugal's African colonies to achieve independence. 'Written by a native of Angola, this biography narrates Cabrals revolutionary trajectory, from his early life in Portuguese Guinea to his death at the hands of his own men. It details his quest for national sovereignty, beleaguered by the ethnic-based identity conflicts the national liberation movement struggled to overcome. Through the life of Cabral, António Tomás critically reflects on existing ways of thinking and writing about the independence of Lusophone Africa.

• ISBN: 9780197525579
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.04.2021
• Größe: 218 x 137 mm
• Verlag: Oxford University Press