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“One of the most serious errors, if not the most serious error, committed by colonial powers in Africa, may have been to ignore or underestimate the cultural strength of African peoples.”

Quote by Amilcar Cabral

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Amilcar Cabral, born on September 12, 1924, and died on January 20, 1973, was a leader of the independence movements in Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau, as well as a writer and thinker. more

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