Osvaldo Vieira

Na Osvaldo Máximo Vieira (1938 – 31 March 1974) be a Bissau-Guinean revolutionary den prominent military commander during de Guinea-Bissau War of Independence. Na he be de cousin of João Bernardo Vieira, wey later go serve two separate terms as presido.

Na Vieira be one of many early recruits from de so-called "revolutionary petty bourgeoisie", a group wich na Amílcar Cabral entrust plus instigating de war of independence.Sarrazin, Chantal; Gjerstad, Ole, Sowing the First Harvest: National Reconstruction in Guinea-Bissau (PDF) (Pamphlet), Oakland, California: Liberation Support Movement Na ein poppie work at de Sociedade Comercial Ultramarina, while na ein grand poppie work insyd de postal service, own land, wey na dem consider am a "small intellectual".

Before ein revolutionary career, na Vieira work as a pharmacy assistant to Sofia Pomba Guerra, a white Portuguese feminist wey na she be active insyd de burgeoning independence movements of Guinea-Bissau den Mozambique. Insyd 1961, he along plus nine oda young PAIGC fighters, train at de Army Command College of the Chinese People's Liberation Army insyd Nanjing, China.

Na dem name de Osvaldo Vieira International Airport insyd Bissau insyd ein honour.

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Category:1938 births
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