1919-1939 History of West Africa Independence
since 1974





Cape Verde 1939-1974



After World War II, Portugal was intent to hold on to it's former colonies, since 1951 called OVERSEAS TERRITORIES. When most former African colonies gained independence in 1957/1964, the Portuguese still held on. AMILCAR CABRAL, head of the PAIGC, from Conakry/Guinea organized a guerilla war with the aim to liberate both Portuguese Guinea and the Cape Verde Islands. The war lasted from 1961 to 1974, when, after a coup ousted Portugal's rightist dictator and independence was proclaimed.






EXTERNAL
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Cape Verde, history of, from Infoplease
DOCUMENTS
REFERENCE Article : Portuguese Colonial Empire, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1945 pp.560-561, 1946 pp.591-592, 1947 p.614, 1948 p.600, 1949 pp.532-533, 1950 p.558, 1951 p.565 [G]
Article : Portuguese Overseas Territories, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1952 p.567, 1953 p.575, 1954 pp.574-575, 1955 pp.623-624, 1956 pp.561-562, 1957 pp.624-625, 1958 pp.557-559, 1959 pp.556-557, 1960 pp.557-558, 1961 pp.569-570, 1962 pp.558-561, 1963 pp.662-664, 1964 pp.677-678 [G]
Article : Colonies and Other Dependencies, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1965 p.254, 1966 p.205, 1967 p.220, 1968 p.218 [G]
Article : Dependent States, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1969 pp.273, 280, 1970 p.280, 1971 p.270, 1972 pp.238, 242, 1973 pp.229, 233, 1974 pp.244-245, 250, 1975 p.229 [G]
Shubi L. Ishemo, Forced Labour and Migration in Portuguese African Colonies, pp.162-165 in : Robin Cohen, The Cambridge Survey of World Migration, Cambridge : UP 1995, KMLA Lib.Sign. 304.809 C678c
Article : Portugal : Cape Verde, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1943 pp.1199-1200, 1970-1971 pp.1258-1259, 1975-1976 p.1263 [G]
Article : Cape Verde Islands, in : Americana Annual 1940 p.109, 1943 p.135, 1944 pp.129-130 [G]
Article : Portuguese Colonial Empire - Cape Verde Islands, in : Americana Annual 1945 p.591, 1946 pp.613-614 [G]
Article : Portuguese Colonial Empire, in : Americana Annual 1947 pp.576-577 [G]
Article : Portuguese Territories - Cape Verde Islands, in : Americana Annual 1957 pp.637-638, 1961 pp.604-605 [G]
Article : Portuguese Territories, in : Americana Annual 1962 pp.610-612, 1963 pp.541-543, 1964 pp.538-539 [G]
Article : Cape Verde Islands, in : New International Year Book Events on 1940 p.113, 1941 p.102, 1942 p.115, 1943 p.103, 1944 p.104 [G]



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