{"product_id":"to-defend-the-earth-is-to-defend-the-human-amilcar-cabral-on-soil-society-and-freedom","title":"TO DEFEND THE EARTH IS TO DEFEND THE HUMAN, Amilcar Cabral on Soil, Society and Freedom","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e239pp., maps, illus., paperback,\u003c\/em\u003e Africa Institute of South Africa Press, Pretoria, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780798305518\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginally published in Portuguese in 1988 as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eEstudos Agrários de Amilcar Cabral. \u003c\/em\u003eTranslated into English by Anselmo Matusse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis collection of Amilcar's Cabral's early career soil studies and public science writing is a call to ground political and economic decisions in how the Earth works and to refuse the false choice of development or environment by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ereimagining sustainability and justice on a continent facing mounting ecological and social pressures.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"I salute this remarkable and meaningful work, which offers readers access to Cabral's concerns, research, reflections and commitment to the preservation of soil as a resource that is essential to life, well-being and the happiness of the inhabitants of our common home.\" Pedro Pires, Amilcar Cabral Foundation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"...brings new urgency to Amilcar Cabral's ideas at a time of climate crisis and widening inequality. His insistence that defending the earth means defending people reads less like history and more like a guide for building just, resilient societies now.\" Ani Dasgupta, President and CEO, World Resources Institute\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmilcar Cabral\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1924–1973) was a Bissau-Guinean agronomist, revolutionary, and one of Africa's foremost anti-colonial leaders.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnselmo Mattusse\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a research officer at Environmental Humanities South at the University of Cape Town.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCarlos Lopes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is Honorary Professor at the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance at the University of Cape Town.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLesley Green\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is Professor of Earth Politics and Director of Environmental Humanities South at the University of Cape Town.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Matusse (A.), Lopes (C.) \u0026 Green (L.) eds.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42285088702510,"sku":null,"price":320.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0265\/3182\/3662\/files\/ToDefendtheEarth.jpg?v=1776783823","url":"https:\/\/clarkesbooks.co.za\/products\/to-defend-the-earth-is-to-defend-the-human-amilcar-cabral-on-soil-society-and-freedom","provider":"Clarke's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}