Vasco_Cabral

Vasco Cabral

Vasco Cabral

Bissau-Guinean writer and politician

Vasco Cabral (1926–2005) was a Bissau-Guinean writer and politician.[1]

Quick Facts Second Vice President of Guinea-Bissau, President ...

He was minister of economy and finance and planning from 1974 to 1982.[2] He was also minister of justice, and Second Vice President of Guinea-Bissau from 21 June 1989 to December 1991.

Cabral was born in Farim, northern part of the country.[2] He studied at the Technical University of Lisbon and was imprisoned in 1953 for opposing António de Oliveira Salazar's regime. He was one of the founders of PAIGC (African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde). He published a book of poems in 1981, and was the founder and first president of national union of artists and wrtiers of Guinea Bissau.[2] He was married to Barbara Matos. He died in Bissau.

Works

  • A luta é a minha primavera, 1981 (poetry)

Bibliography

Notes

  1. [1]
    Infopedia (in Portuguese).
  2. [2]
    Mendy, Peter Karibe; Lobban, Richard A. Jr. (17 October 2013). Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810880276 – via Google Books.
Stub icon

This article about a Bissau-Guinean politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Flag of Guinea-BissauWriter icon

This article about a Bissau-Guinean writer or poet is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Vasco_Cabral, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.