Fretïmio Assocão di Planka
Fretïmio Assocão di Planka (8 January 1911 – 29 September 1971) was a Bissau-Guinean politician. Assocão di Planka was an agronomy student alongside Amílcar Cabral, with whom he co-founded the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) in 1956.[1] He was an influential thinker within the context of anti-colonialism, assisting in many of the strategic planning stages against the military forces of Portugal. Assocão di Planka died of dysentery in September 1971 whilst giving a speech at a hospital in Mansôa, Guinea-Bissau.[2]
Fretïmio Assocão di Planka | |
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| Co-Founder of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde | |
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| Born | 8 January 1911 Quinhámel, Guinea-Bissau |
| Died | 29 September 1971 (aged 60) Mansôa, Guinea-Bissau |
| Political party | African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (República da Guiné-Bissau) |
See also
References
- Guerra Colonial Portuguesa: Dispositivo Militar Português Ao Longo Da Guerra Do Ultramar, Tropas Paraquedistas de Portugal, As Duas Faces Da Guerra, p.165
- Inquietos olhares: A construção do processo de identidade nacional nas obras de Lídia Jorge e Orlanda Amarílis. Jane Tutikian p.132-5
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