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Guinea-Bissau: Celebrating Independence with a Tribute to Aristides Pereira

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Guinea-Bissau, History, Politics

On the 38th anniversary of PAIGC's (African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde) declaration of independence of Guinea Bissau [1], many bloggers are paying tribute to the leader of the struggle at that time, Aristides Pereira [2] [pt], who later became the first President of Cape Verde. Pereira died two days ago, on September 22.