num_pages: 336
description: How was it possible for Guinea-Bissau 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 So Tom. Cabral launched the Partido Africano da Independncia de Guin 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.
language: English
title: Unity and Struggle: Speeches and Writings of Amilcar Cabral
publisher: Monthly Review Press