Amílcar Cabral Biography

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NAME: Amílcar Cabral
OCCUPATION: Activist, Political Leader
BIRTH DATE: c. 1921
DEATH DATE: January 20, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH: Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau
PLACE OF DEATH: Conakry, Guinea

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Amílcar Cabral was a leader of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde. He was assassinated in 1973.

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Amílcar Cabral was born in 1921 in Bafatá, Portuguese Guinea. He was an agronomist, nationalist leader, and founder and secretary-general of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde who helped lead Guinea-Bissau to independence. On Jan. 20, 1973, Cabral was assassinated outside his home in Conakry, where his party had established its headquarters.