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Amílcar Cabral
Acting
12 Sept 1924
† 20 Jan 1973
Bafatá, Guinea Bissau
Biography
Amílcar Lopes da Costa Cabral was a Bissau-Guinean and Cape Verdean agricultural engineer, pan-africanist, intellectual, poet, theoretician, revolutionary, political organizer, nationalist, and diplomat. He was one of Africa's foremost anti-colonial leaders.
Also Known As
Abel Djassi







