Tag: Cape Verde

Fidel Castro and the Liberation of Cabo Verde and Guinea-Bissau | by Abel Djassi Amado

06/12/2017

“Che Guevara’s 1964/1965 Africa journey was a critical juncture in the relationship between the PAIGC and Cuba. In January 1965, Che met with Amilcar Cabral in Conakry. A few months later, Cuba’s first material support to the PAIGC was shipped on board the Uvero.” Its been a year since Fidel Castro’s death, and his legacy … More Fidel Castro and the Liberation of Cabo Verde and Guinea-Bissau | by Abel Djassi Amado

Languages of Power and Cabo Verde’s 2016 Elections | by Abel Djassi Amado

20/09/2016

“In Cabo Verde, there is a critical struggle emerging between the official language of political power: Portuguese, and the language of the people: Cabo Verdean Creole.” Electoral periods in many places, from the start of official campaigning to a few days or weeks after the elections, are a unique time. For one, election day itself … More Languages of Power and Cabo Verde’s 2016 Elections | by Abel Djassi Amado

Cabo Verde’s PAICV: From Liberation Movement to Trampoline Party | by Abel Djassi Amado

26/11/2015

“If there has been any kind of ideological suicide, it is only of everything that Amilcar Cabral believed in. The end result has been the moral degeneration of the PAICV for the shabby profit of the party’s hoi oligoi.” Former president of Cabo Verde and leader of the African Party for the Independence of Cabo … More Cabo Verde’s PAICV: From Liberation Movement to Trampoline Party | by Abel Djassi Amado