• Miguel Eek

Drawing on letters to his wives, a decade-long film project seeks to move beyond iconography and return Amílcar Cabral to the realm of the human, the fragile, and the unfinished.

• Priscilla Marques Campos

The 1959 Pidjiguiti Massacre served as an important historical marker in the curriculum of the anticolonial resistance in Guinea-Bissau.

• Phethani Madzivhandila

Amilcar Cabral’s influence stretched far beyond the Portuguese colonies, profoundly influencing the political struggle in South Africa, past and present.

• Ricci Shryock

On the 50th anniversary of his murder, those who fought alongside Amilcar Cabral give a painful reminder of what could have been had he lived to see Guinea Bissau’s independence.

• Guido Melo

The profound influence, often underplayed, that great African revolutionary Amílcar Cabral had on Brazilian educator and philosopher Paulo Freire.

• Ricci Shryock

During Guinea-Bissau’s war of liberation, women filled key positions on the frontline. That is often forgotten in the mythology of the struggle for independence.

• Sindre Bangstad

Antonio Tomás’ new book on Amilcar Cabral takes us back to the crucible of decolonization and permits us to assess its aspirations and limitations anew.

• William Shoki

This week’s AIAC Talk is devoted to the life, thought, and legacy of Amílcar Cabral. Watch on Youtube, Facebook, or Twitter, and subscribe to our Patreon for the archive.

• Peter Karibe Mendy

Amilcar Cabral remains inspirational for Africans and non-Africans challenged by injustice and oppression.

• Chandra Frank

The writer on Frank’s Archive, based on her father's records, that explores the different functions of books, power and knowledge.

• Kieran Dodds

A short history of football, nation building and the consolidation of pan-African solidarity in 1960s Ghana.

• Zachary Rosen

Juan Orrantia, a Colombian photographer who lives in South Africa, interviewed on his project on the Guinea-Bissauan liberation hero.

• Sean Henry Jacobs

Paris-based rap group MC Malcriado — captures Cabral's appeal to the new generation.

• Sean Henry Jacobs

Breeze Yoko's mural highlights three African political icons: Steve Biko, Amilcar Cabral and Kwame Nkrumah.