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Amílcar Cabral
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Guinea-Bissauan and Cape Verdean politician (1924-1973)
Amílcar Cabral was a political leader from Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde who lived from 1924 to 1973 and played a major role in his regions' struggles for independence. He is remembered as an important figure in African anti-colonial movements and postcolonial politics.
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Key facts
- 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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Wikidata facts
- 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
- 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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