Decolonization of Africa · TURNING POINT ·
Independence of Guinea-Bissau (1973)
On the Decolonization of Africa map as “Guinea-Bissau declares”
24 Sep 1973 — Amílcar Cabral’s PAIGC declares independence from its liberated interior — recognized by the UN before Lisbon concedes. The peasants’ war Cabral theorized has won on the ground.
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- Portuguese Colonial War (chapter 8 of Decolonization of Africa)
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- The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994
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