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Podcast: Anti-Imperialist Network Podcast
Episode: An Introduction to AmÃlcar Cabral: His Life and His Theories
Description: On what would have been his 98th Birthday, had he not been assassinated, AmÃlcar Cabral is introduced as a radical anti-colonial theorist and National Liberation Marxist revolutionary. We discuss his early life and education, his formation of the PAIGC (African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde), and his writings. Specifically, we discuss "The Nationalist Movements of the Portuguese Colonies" and "The Weapon of Theory". Â
For more on Cabral's biography, see here: https://globalsocialtheory.org/thinkers/cabral-amilcar/ For his writings, see here: https://www.marxists.org/subject/africa/cabral/index.htm https://www.marxists.or...