Luís Cabral, first president of Guinea-Bissau, and brother of the great freedom fighter and leader, Amilcar Cabral, died Saturday May 30. Read more about Luís Cabral

Read more about Amilcar Cabral, PAIGC, and the freedom fight of Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau

This is the cover of an LP with Cabral´s speech to the people of G.Bissau and Cape Verde on New Year´s day 1973. He was assassinated a very short time after the speech was recorded. You can hear Norway and Sweden being specifically thanked for their support to the freedom fighters.

A. Cabral was very concerned with culture as  part of a country´s liberation. Read

National liberation and culture.

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