num_pages: 324
description: Warriors at Work is Mustafah Dhada’s compelling account of Guinea’s struggle for independence from Portuguese rule. It is a balanced and extensive assessment of this struggle, giving a comprehensive and nonromantic reconstruction of Amilar Lopes Cabral, instigator of the revolutionary movement to set Guinea free. A Cape Verdian agronomist fully committed to nationalist unity in Luso-Africa and to the independence of Guinea, Cabral helped form the African Independence Party of Guinea Verde (PAIGC) (Partido Africano da Guine e Cabo). Through PAIGC’s efforts, a nationalist army was established, a guerilla war was launched, and a protracted drive for a nation-state mounted.Warriors at Work addresses for the first time key questions regarding the fight to free Was the PAIGC the only nationalist movement to emerge in Guinea? Was the mobilization drive and nationalist war a straightforward march to victory with the PAIGC calling the shots? Was the campaign for statehood instigated solely to forge a new social order?Dhada cuts through revolutionary rhetoric to reveal a remarkable human drama fought at the front lines and beyond. He has woven a thorough, exciting, and precise analysis of a military and a political contest.
language: English
title: Warriors at Work: How Guinea Was Really Set Free
publisher: University Press of Colorado