Cabral, Amílcar, 1924-1973
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Amílcar Lopes da Costa Cabral (b. 12 September 1924, Bafatá, Portuguese Guinea–d. 20 January 1973, Conakry, Portuguese Guinea); also known as Abel Djassi; Bissau-Guinean and Cape Verdean agricultural engineer, intellectual, poet, theoretician, revolutionary, political organizer, nationalist and diplomat; led the nationalist movement of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde Islands and the ensuing war of independence in Guinea-Bissau; studied agronomy at the Instituto Superior de Agronomia, in Lisbon, while a student, founded student movements dedicated to opposing the ruling dictatorship of Portugal and promoting the cause of independence for the Portuguese colonies in Africa; returned to Africa in the 1950s, and was instrumental in promoting the independence causes of the then Portuguese colonies; founder of the PAIGC or Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde (Portuguese for African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde), 1956; one of the founders of Movimento Popular Libertação de Angola (MPLA) with Agostinho Neto, 1956; asset of the Czechoslovak State Security (StB), and under the codename "Secretary" provided intelligence information to the StB; led the PAIGC's guerrilla movement against the Portuguese government, which evolved into one of the most successful wars of independence in modern African history; assassinated on 20 January 1973
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Name Entry: Lopes da Costa Cabral, Amílcar, 1924-1973
Place: Conakry
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