Amílcar Cabral
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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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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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