AMÍLCAR CABRAL, a nationalist and Pan-Africanist revolutionary

237pp., map, paperback, Athens, 2019

Short biography of Bissau-Guinean revolutionary Amílcar Cabral, who founded the PAIGC in 1960 to fight for the independence of Portuguese Guinea and Cape Verde. Cabral led the guerilla war against the Portuguese government from 1963 to 1973 when he was assassinated by militants from his own party,

“Mendy brilliantly clarifies Cabral and his accomplishments; the historical context in which he lived; his academic and political education in Portugal; and his outstanding work as an engaged intellectual and a revolutionary leader. Readers already familiar with Cabral will find new information and insights, while Mendy’s lucid and concise writing also makes this perfect for nonspecialist audiences.” Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja, author of Patrice Lumumba

"... concise and accessible … dense with facts about Cabral and about struggles for independence from Portugal more broadly. Readers will learn of the movement in Guinea-Bissau and Cabo Verde and about the broader Pan-African revolution to end colonialism. Mendy wrote Amílcar Cabral because he was inspired by him. Reading, I was also inspired, in many different ways." Washington Post

Peter Mendy is Professor of History and Africana Studies at Rhode Island College, Providence. His publications include Colonialismo Português em África: A Tradição da Resistência na Guiné-Bissau, 1879–1959 and (with Richard Lobban) the Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Volume 4.