Table of Contents

1. Amilcar Cabral: a contemporary inspiration 2. Amilcar Cabral and the liberation of Guinea-Bissau: context, challenges and lessons for African leadership 3. Amilcar Cabral and the fortunes of African literature 4. Manifestations of nationhood in the writings of Amilcar Cabral 5. Challenges to state building Africa 6. Reading Cabral on democracy 7. Culture, consciousness and armed conflict: Cabral’s déclassé / (lumpen proletariat?) in the era of globalization 8. Articulating Cabral’s regionalist and pan-Africanist visions 9. Amilcar Cabral’s legacy in the light of the challenges of contemporary ethics

About the Author

UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Switzerland