Filipe Carreira da Silva presented his paper “Amílcar Cabral, Colonial Soil and the Politics of Insubmission” at the International Symposium commemorating the centenary of Amilcar Cabral, in Praia, Cape Verde 9-12 September 2024.
One of Africa's foremost anti-colonial leaders, the Symposium celebrates the centenary of Amílcar Cabral’s birth and his intellectual legacy. Organised by academic institutions in Cabo Verde and Guinea-Bissau, it explored his contributions to African liberation, decolonisation and socio-economic development. Themes included women's liberation, culture, youth and North-South dialogue.