Amílcar Cabral

Also known as Amilcar Cabral, Amílcar Lopes Cabral, Amilcar Lopes Cabral, Abel Djassi

Guinea-Bissauan and Cape Verdean politician (1924-1973)

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Amílcar Cabral (1924–1973) was a politician, agricultural engineer, and writer from Bafatá. He held citizenship in Portugal and was a member of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde and the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola. Cabral was educated at the Technical University of Lisbon and spoke Portuguese and English. His fields of work included politics, agriculture, and poetry. He is the author of works such as *African Popular Culture and Emancipatory Politics* and *Textos políticos de Amilcar Cabral*.

Cabral was killed in an extra-judicial manner in Tsévié, Conakry, on January 20, 1973. He was buried at the Fortaleza de São José da Amura. He received the Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo.

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Born: Amílcar Lopes Cabral , ( 1924-09-12 ) 12 September 1924, Bafatá , Portuguese Guinea
Died: 20 January 1973 (1973-01-20) (aged 48), Conakry , Guinea
Cause of death: Assassination by gunshot
Resting place: Amílcar Cabral's Mausoleum
Party: African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde ;, People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola ;, All-African People's Revolutionary Party

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Instance of: human
Given name: Amílcar
Gender: male
Citizenship: Portugal
Place of birth: Bafatá
Place of death: Conakry
Occupation: poet
Political party: People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola
Languages spoken: English language
Award: Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo
Field of work: poetry
Image: Cabral 2.png

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manner of death: extra-judicial killing
name in native language: Amílcar Cabral
date of death: 1973-01-20
birth name: Amílcar Lopes da Costa Cabral
pseudonym: Abel Djassi
place of burial: Fortaleza de São José da Amura
Commons category: Amílcar Cabral
date of birth: 1924-01-01

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Encyclopedic overview

Amílcar Lopes Cabral ( Portuguese: [ɐˈmilkaɾ ˈlɔpɨʃ kɐˈbɾal]; (1924-09-12)12 September 1924 – (1973-01-20)20 January 1973) was a Bissau-Guinean and Cape Verdean agricultural engineer, political organizer, diplomat, and half-brother of Luís Cabral. He was widely remembered as one of Africa's foremost anti-colonial leaders. He was also a pan-Africanist and intellectual nationalist revolutionary poet.

Also known by the nom de guerre Abel Djassi, he led the nationalist movement of Guinea-Bissau and the Cape Verde Islands and the ensuing war of independence in Guinea-Bissau.

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