
Amílcar Cabral
Born
September 12, 1924
Died
January 20, 1973 (48 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Bafatá, Guinea Bissau
Amílcar Lopes da Costa Cabral was a Bissau-Guinean and Cape Verdean agricultural engineer, pan-africanist, intellectual, poet, theoretician, revolutionary, political organizer, nationalist, and diplomat. He was one of Africa's foremost anti-colonial leaders.