TY - BOOK AU - Tomás,António TI - Amílcar Cabral: the life of a reluctant nationalist SN - 9780197610831 AV - DT613 .T65 2021 KW - Cabral, Am�ilcar, KW - Revolutionaries KW - Guinea-Bissau KW - Biography KW - R�evolutionnaires KW - Guin�ee-Bissau KW - Biographies KW - fast KW - History KW - Revolution, 1963-1974 KW - Histoire KW - 1963-1974 (R�evolution) N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "The Guinean-born Am�ilcar 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"--Publisher's description UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197525579.001.0001 UR - https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197525579.001.0001 UR - https://www.vlebooks.com/vleweb/product/openreader?id=none&isbn=9781787387591 ER -