Barrow, Barbara Nteta, Chris Tillman, Russ Fernandes, Gil Slade, John

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Episode Number: 253Program consists of four segments related to Amilcar Cabral, assassinated leader of the Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC). Program includes two previously aired segments (an excerpt from a British film examining the guerilla warfare underway in Guinea Bissau that includes an interview with Cabral) and an interview with Gil Fernandes (an aide to Cabral and United Nations representative for the PAIGC), and two new segments: an interview with Christopher Nteta of the Pan African Liberation Committee (who discusses Cabral?s death), and footage from the demonstration held at the Portuguese consulate in Boston after Cabral?s assassination. Portions of this program have been edited due to rights restrictions. To see the full episode, please contact the archive. The episode focuses on the liberation struggles in Africa, specifically the advanced armed campaign in West African country of Guinea-Bissau. Following the assassination of Amilcar Cabral on January 20, 1973, John Slade explains that Say Brother will be re-airing segments of a previous episode on Cabral, the Partido Africano da Independncia da Guin e Cabo Verde (African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Vert), and its revolution. Included in the episode is a truncated film produced by the British investigative documentary program World in Action and distributed in the United States by Afro-World Associates. The film follows the armed struggle of the revolutionary party against the Portuguese military, specifically the preparations and attack on a Portuguese garrison. Interspersed with this primarily military film are interviews with...

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