Guinea-Bissau: From Liberation Struggle to Independent Statehood

ISBN-13: 9780367005511 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 203 str.

Carlos Lopes

Opis

This book gives an objective account of the multi-faceted birth of national consciousness. It focuses on a historical study of Guinean resistance against the modern manifestations of a colonial presence of transformation from national liberation movement to state in Guinea-Bissau.

Spis treści

Preface -- : Nation or Nation in Formation -- Social Structures in Guinea-Bissau -- National Liberation Struggle -- The National Question -- The Mobilizing Power of Amilcar Cabral -- Culture and the Struggle for Independence -- The Petty Bourgeoisie and its Historic Role -- The Independence of Guinea-Bissau -- : State Formation -- The Legacy of Colonialism -- The Historical Transition -- New Social and Economic Structures -- New Power Relations -- The Coup of November 1980 -- Ethnicity and State Formation -- The Present Contradictions of Power -- The Regional Context: Africa in Struggle -- Imperialism, Colonialism and Neocolonialism -- The Political Turning