Unity and struggle: speeches and writings
"How was it possible for Guinea-Bissau, reputed to be one of the most backward countries in all Africa, with no access to modern technology, ideas, or organizational forms, its population suffering under one of the most repressive of all colonial regimes, to build a victorious movement for revolutionary change? A key to understanding this process lies in the writings of Amilcar Cabral, one of the great revolutionary leaders produced by the long and arduous campaign for the liberation of Portu…
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- Full title :Unity and struggle : speeches and writings / Amilcar Cabral ; texts selected by the PAIGC ; translated by Michael Wolfers.
Summary
"How was it possible for Guinea-Bissau, reputed to be one of the most backward countries in all Africa, with no access to modern technology, ideas, or organizational forms, its population suffering under one of the most repressive of all colonial regimes, to build a victorious movement for revolutionary change? A key to understanding this process lies in the writings of Amilcar Cabral, one of the great revolutionary leaders produced by the long and arduous campaign for the liberation of Portuguese-dominated Africa--of Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and Sao Tome. Cabral launched the Partido Africano da Independence da Guine e Cabo Verde (PAIGC) in 1956, and by 1973, when he was assassinated, his movement had effectively defeated the Portuguese colonialists. As Basil Davidson states in his introduction, 'Cabral can be recognized even now as being among the great figures of our time. We do not need to wait for history's judgment to tell us that. The evidence is available. Among this evidence are the texts that follow here'"--From book jacket.
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- Publication Date:©1979
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Monthly Review Press
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1979
Notes
"These texts amount to some two-thirds of the French edition of his work that was published by François Maspero in 1975"--Title page verso.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xxxv, 298 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781583678176, 1583678174
- oclc:on1160193422
- LC Classification:DT613.75
- Dewey Decimal:320.9/665702
Table of Contents
Introduction / Basil Davidson -- Biographical notes / Mario de Andrade -- Part 1. The weapon of theory. Writings of youth ; Man and land ; Portuguese colonial domination ; Party principles and political practice ; On the African revolution ; The weapon of theory ; National culture -- Part 2. Revolutionary practice. The strategy for political mobilization ; Armed action and military methods ; General watchwords ; International relations ; The state of Guiné-Bissau.
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