Underground Revolutionaries
The Paigc, Leninism, and the Decolonization of Cabo Verde
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2729201 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Desmond Fonseca (0009-0006-2499-4590, University of California, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1-22 |
| Publication date | 2025-08-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Studies Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-0206 • E-ISSN: 1555-2462 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/asr.2025.10052 |
| OpenAlex | W4413381401 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 20 |
The "revolutionary script" of Leninism was foundational to how the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cabo Verde (PAIGC) and Amilcar Cabral imagined the course of decolonization. Under-utilized archives and party documents highlight that the impact of the political-organizational model of Lenin was an early source of inspiration for PAIGC leaders, a fact which historians have not investigated in detail. The manner in which Leninism influenced the PAIGC was neither linear nor dogmatic, however. Dating from early exposure to Marxist texts in underground study circles to aborted attempts at launching armed struggle, party leaders constantly improvised upon the script with which they based their anti-colonial revolution
Cape verde · Decolonization · Ethnology · Geography · Political science · Politics · African history and culture studies · History · Law
Conflicting Missions
Afro-Marxist Regimes
From the Tricontinental to the Global South
Introduction. Amílcar Cabral and the Idea of Anticolonial Revolution
The Paigc ‘Congratulatory’ Diplomacy towards Communist States, 1960-1964
Amílcar Cabral, the Paigc and the Relations with China at the Time of the Sino-Soviet Split and of Anti-Colonialism. Discourses and Praxis
Amílcar Cabral
The East is Black
Imagining a Better Future
Amílcar Cabral and the Liberation of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde
The Social and Political Thought of Amílcar Cabral
Amilcar Cabral and the Theory of the National Liberation Struggle
The Theory and Practice of Amílcar Cabral
Fanon and Cabral
The First Ambassadors
On revolutionary nationalism
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |