Historical Organization

African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde

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Racism 📍 Guinea-Bissau

African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde

Also known as: PAIGC

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Organization Timeline

Colonial police kill striking workers at Pidjiguiti

📅 3 August 1959

Workers at Bissau’s Pidjiguiti docks struck over wages and faced lethal police repression. The massacre became a reference point in the struggle against Portuguese colonial rule. It exposed the...

The PAIGC-led assembly proclaims Guinea-Bissau's independence

📅 24 September 1973

An assembly in territory controlled by the liberation movement proclaimed independence from Portugal. Years of armed struggle and political organization had established institutions outside colonial...

Cape Verde gains independence from Portugal

📅 5 July 1975

Cape Verde became independent after the PAIGC's campaign linking its liberation with that of Guinea-Bissau. The transfer ended Portuguese colonial sovereignty over the islands. It represented a...