INDEPENDENCE IN GUINE-BISSAU

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Creator

Chicago Committee for the Liberation of Angola Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau; New World Resource Center

Place Created

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date

About September 1973

Type of Item

Leaflet

Length/duration

2 pages

Description

The leaflet advertises a celebration of the independence of Guinea-Bissau, declared on September 24 by the National People's Assembly, after 12 years of fighting against Portuguese colonialism and U.S. imperialism. A detailed statement, "Independence in Guinea-Bissau," notes that the new Republic was immediately recognized by 20 nations and that it gives added impetus to the struggles of FRELIMO in Mozambique and of MPLA in Angola. Portugal, backed by U.S. military equipment and training, continues to occupy certain strategic areas. The leaflet urges people to write to the U.S. Mission to the U.N., the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and to President Nixon calling for...

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Publisher

Chicago Committee for the Liberation of Angola, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau; New World Resource Center

Organization

Chicago Committee for the Liberation of Angola, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau
New World Resource Center

Coverage Africa

Angola
Guinea-Bissau
Mozambique

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission of former members of the New World Resource Center.

Collection

Carole Collins Africa Collection, Michigan State University Libraries Special Collections