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Turning point · The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994
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.
This is one scene of Chapter 8 — The Portuguese Empire Falls Last in The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994.
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