PAIGC

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liberation movement political party

PAIGC (African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde) was a Marxist-oriented liberation movement and political party that led the struggle for independence from Portuguese colonial rule in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde.

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Label Occurrences
PAIGC canonical 3

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf liberation movement ⓘ
political party ⓘ
afterIndependenceRole ruling party of Cape Verde ⓘ
ruling party of Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
armedWing Guinea-Bissau War of Independence ⓘ
surface form: Guerrilla forces in Portuguese Guinea
color green ⓘ
red ⓘ
yellow ⓘ
conflict Guinea-Bissau War of Independence ⓘ
Portuguese Colonial War ⓘ
country Cape Verde Islands ⓘ
surface form: Cape Verde

Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
dateOfUnilateralIndependenceDeclaration 1973-09-24 ⓘ
declaredIndependenceOf Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
deFactoControlOfTerritory large parts of rural Portuguese Guinea by late 1960s ⓘ
foundedBy Amílcar Cabral ⓘ
Aristides Pereira ⓘ
Elisée Turpin ⓘ
Fernando Fortes ⓘ
Júlio Almeida ⓘ
Luís Cabral ⓘ
foundingDate 1956-09-19 ⓘ
foundingLocation Bissau ⓘ
fullName African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde ⓘ
Partido Africano para a Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde ⓘ
generalSecretary Amílcar Cabral ⓘ
Aristides Pereira ⓘ
Luís Cabral ⓘ
governingSystemPromoted one-party state in Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
headquartersAfterIndependence Bissau ⓘ
ideology African socialism ⓘ
Marxism ⓘ
anti-colonialism ⓘ
languageOfOrganization Portuguese ⓘ
memberOf African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde–Cape Verdean branch (historical unity) ⓘ
Socialist International ⓘ
notableEvent assassination of Amílcar Cabral in 1973 ⓘ
originalColonialPowerOpposed Portugal ⓘ
politicalPosition left-wing ⓘ
primaryGoal independence of Cape Verde ⓘ
independence of Portuguese Guinea ⓘ
reasonForSplit separation of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde political paths ⓘ
recognizedAsGovernmentOf Guinea-Bissau ⓘ
recognizedBy United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
regionOfActivity West Africa ⓘ
splitResult African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde ⓘ
surface form: African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde
startOfArmedStruggle 1963 ⓘ
supportedBy African liberation movements ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ
Eastern Bloc ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Bloc countries

China ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of China

Soviet Union ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Portuguese Colonial War → belligerent → PAIGC ⓘ
Portuguese Colonial War → opponent → PAIGC ⓘ
Overseas War → opponent → PAIGC ⓘ