Books by
Amílcar
Cabral
Return to the source; selected speeches 1974 /
Revolution in Guinea; selected texts,
1970 /
Unity and
struggle : speeches and writings, 1979
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Fobanjong, John, and Thomas K. Ranuga.
The Life, Thought, and Legacy of Cape Verde's Freedom Fighter
Amilcar Cabral (1924-1973): Essays on His Liberation Philosophy.
2006.
McCulloch, Jock.
In the Twilight of Revolution: The Political Theory of
Amilcar Cabral. 1983.
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Island
By
Amilcar Cabral
Mother,
in your perennial sleep,
You
live naked and forgotten
and
barren,
thrashed
by the winds,
at
the sound of songs without music
sung
by the waters that confine us . . .
Island:
Your
hills and valleys
haven’t
felt the passage of time.
They
remain in your dreams
-
your children’s dreams –
crying
out your woes
to
the passing winds
and
to the carefree birds flying by.
Island
:
Red
earth shaped like a hill that never ends
-
rocky earth –
ragged
cliffs blocking all horizons
while
tying all our troubles to the winds!
Written
in Praia. Cape Verde, 1945 |
More on Cabral by Cabral
Return to the source; selected speeches
, 1974 /
Revolution in Guinea; selected texts,
1970 /
Unity and
struggle : speeches and writings, 1979
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Fobanjong, John, and Thomas K. Ranuga.
The Life, Thought, and Legacy of Cape Verde's Freedom
Fighter Amilcar Cabral (1924-1973): Essays on His Liberation
Philosophy. 2006.
McCulloch, Jock.
In the Twilight of Revolution: The Political Theory of
Amilcar Cabral. 1983.
Chilcote,
Ronald H.
Amílcar Cabral's Revolutionary Theory
and Practice: A Critical Guide.
1991.* *
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Amilcar Cabral
Born: 1924
Died: January 20, 1973
Architect and undisputed leader and a founder
of the Party for the Independence of Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde
(PAIGC) in 1956 & the national liberation movement in
Guinea-Bissau.
In the early 1950s, Cabral was employed as an
Agronomist. Using this position, he went to every village in the entire
country and from this direct observation, he came up with an analysis
and strategy for the national liberation movement.
With others, beginning in 1963 he waged a
full-blown military campaign to overthrown Portuguese colonialism.
Within two years they extended greatly the liberated zones where
effectively they were in power.
In 1971 Cabral promoted the creation of the National
People's Assembly, which was created in 1972 based on a popular vote in
the liberated territories.
In January 1973, months before the PAIGC victory
of the national liberation struggle, Cabral was assassinated with the
help of Portuguese agents operating within the PAIGC. |
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Cuba An African Odyssey
is the previously untold
story of Cuba's support for African revolutions.
Cuba: An African Odyssey is the story of the Cold War
told through the prism of its least known arena: Africa. It is
the untold story of Cuba’s support for African revolutions. It
is the story of men like Patrice Lumumba, Amilcar Cabral,
Agosthino Neto and of course Che Guevara who have become icons,
mythical figures whose names are now synonymous with the word
revolution. This is the story of how these men, caught between
capitalism and communism, strove to create a third bloc that
would assert the simple principle of national independence. It
is the story of a whole dimension of world politics during the
last half of the 20th century, which has been hidden behind the
facade of a simplistic understanding of superpower conflict.
Cuba: An African Odyssey will tell the inside story of
only three of these Cuban escapades. We will start with the
Congo where Che Guevara personally spent seven months fighting
with the Pro-Lumumbist rebellion in the jungle of Eastern Congo.
Then to Guinea Bissau where Amilcar Cabral used the technical
support of Cuban advisors to bleed the Portuguese colonial war
machine thus toppling the regime in Europe. Finally, Angola
where in total 380,000 Cuban soldiers fought during the 27 years
of civil war. The Cuban withdrawal from Angola was finally
bartered against Namibia’s independence. With Namibia’s
independence came the fall of Apartheid… the last vestige of
colonialism on the African continent.
Cuba: An African Odyssey unravels episodes of the Cold
War long believed to be nothing but proxy wars. From the
tragicomic epic of Che Guevara in Congo to the triumph at the
battle of Cuito Carnavale in Angola, this film attempts to
understand the world today through the saga of these
internationalists who won every battle but finally lost the war.
Credits: Written,
directed and narrated by Jihan El-Tahri / Edited by
Gilles Bovon / Photography by Frank-Peter Lehmann
Sound
Recordists: James Baker, Graciela Barrault / Produced by
Tancrède Ramonet, Benoît Juster, Jihan El-Tahri
Source:
Snagfilms
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Movement (Kalamu)
The Black Arts Movement (Smethurst)
The Black Arts Movement
(Larry Neal)
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Marcus Garvey "Africa For The Africans" /
Look For Me in The Whirlwind
Marcus Mosiah
Garvey /
Marucs Garvey Speech
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Malcolm X
A Life of Reinvention
By
Manning Marable
Years
in the making-the definitive biography of
the legendary black activist.
Of the great figure in twentieth-century
American history perhaps none is more
complex and controversial than Malcolm X.
Constantly rewriting his own story, he
became a criminal, a minister, a leader, and
an icon, all before being felled by
assassins' bullets at age thirty-nine.
Through his tireless work and countless
speeches he empowered hundreds of thousands
of black Americans to create better lives
and stronger communities while establishing
the template for the self-actualized,
independent African American man. In death
he became a broad symbol of both resistance
and reconciliation for millions around the
world. |
Manning Marable's
new biography of Malcolm is a stunning achievement.
Filled with new information and shocking revelations
that go beyond the Autobiography, Malcolm X unfolds a
sweeping story of race and class in America, from the
rise of Marcus Garvey and the Ku Klux Klan to the
struggles of the civil rights movement in the fifties
and sixties.
Reaching into
Malcolm's troubled youth, it traces a path from his
parents' activism through his own engagement with the
Nation of Islam, charting his astronomical rise in the
world of Black Nationalism and culminating in the
never-before-told true story of his assassination.
Malcolm X will stand as the definitive work on one of
the most singular forces for social change, capturing
with revelatory clarity a man who constantly strove, in
the great American tradition, to remake himself anew.
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Ratification
The People Debate the Constitution,
1787-1788
By Pauline Maier
A notable historian
of the early republic, Maier devoted a
decade to studying the immense
documentation of the ratification of the
Constitution. Scholars might approach
her book’s footnotes first, but history
fans who delve into her narrative will
meet delegates to the state conventions
whom most history books, absorbed with
the Founders, have relegated to
obscurity. Yet, prominent in their local
counties and towns, they influenced a
convention’s decision to accept or
reject the Constitution. Their
biographies and democratic credentials
emerge in Maier’s accounts of their
elections to a convention, the political
attitudes they carried to the conclave,
and their declamations from the floor.
The latter expressed opponents’
objections to provisions of the
Constitution, some of which seem
anachronistic (election regulation
raised hackles) and some of which are
thoroughly contemporary (the power to
tax individuals directly). Ripostes from
proponents, the Federalists, animate the
great detail Maier provides, as does her
recounting how one state convention’s
verdict affected another’s. Displaying
the grudging grassroots blessing the
Constitution originally received, Maier
eruditely yet accessibly revives a
neglected but critical passage in
American history.—Booklist |
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