Amílcar Cabral: The African Revolutionary, Killed by Portugal?

On January 20, 1973, one of Africa’s foremost anti-colonial leaders: Amílcar Cabral was assassinated in Conakry, Guinea at the age of 48 by political rivals, allegedly supported by the Portuguese colonial government.

Cabral not only led the war of independence that toppled Portuguese rule in Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde but influenced the fight for decolonization across the continent of Africa….

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Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/1973/01/28/ar...

https://www.britannica.com/biography/...

In Memory of Amilcar Cabral: Two Statements Author(s): George Houser and Lawrence W. Henderson Source: Africa Today, Vol. 20, No. 1, United States Policy toward Africa (Winter, 1973), pp. 3- 6

Africa: a modern history: 1945-2015, Guy Arnold

https://www.nytimes.com/1973/01/24/ar...

Burnett, L. (2009, August 10). Amílcar Lopes Cabral (1924-1973). BlackPast.org. https://www.blackpast.org/global-afri...

https://www.africanexponent.com/post/...

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