Osvaldo Vieira
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| Ein sex anaa gender | male  |
|---|---|
| Ein country of citizenship | Portuguese Guinea |
| Name wey dem give am | Osvaldo |
| Family name | Vieira |
| Ein date of birth | 1938 |
| Place dem born am | Bissau |
| Date wey edie | 31 March 1974 |
| Place wey edie | Koundara |
| Place wey dem bury am | Memorial aos Heróis da Pátria |
| Ein occupation | partisan, resistance fighter |
| Political party ein member | African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde |
Na Osvaldo Máximo Vieira (1938 – 31 March 1974) be a Bissau-Guinean revolutionary den prominent military commander during de Guinea-Bissau War of Independence. Na he be de cousin of João Bernardo Vieira, wey later go serve two separate terms as presido.[1]
Na Vieira be one of many early recruits from de so-called "revolutionary petty bourgeoisie", a group wich na Amílcar Cabral entrust plus instigating de war of independence.[2] Na ein poppie work at de Sociedade Comercial Ultramarina, while na ein grand poppie work insyd de postal service, own land, wey na dem consider am a "small intellectual".[3]
Before ein revolutionary career, na Vieira work as a pharmacy assistant to Sofia Pomba Guerra, a white Portuguese feminist wey na she be active insyd de burgeoning independence movements of Guinea-Bissau den Mozambique. Insyd 1961, he along plus nine oda young PAIGC fighters, train at de Army Command College of the Chinese People's Liberation Army insyd Nanjing, China.[1]
Na dem name de Osvaldo Vieira International Airport insyd Bissau insyd ein honour.
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mendy, Peter Karibe (2019). Amílcar Cabral: A Nationalist and Pan-Africanist Revolutionary. Athens: Ohio University Press. ISBN 9780821446621.
- ↑ Sarrazin, Chantal; Gjerstad, Ole, Sowing the First Harvest: National Reconstruction in Guinea-Bissau (PDF) (Pamphlet), Oakland, California: Liberation Support Movement
- ↑ Davidson, Basil (2017). No Fist Is Big Enough to Hide the Sky: The Liberation of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, 1963-74. London: Zed Books. ISBN 9781783609994.
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