The African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde is a political party in Guinea-Bissau. Originally formed to peacefully campaign for independence from Portugal, the party turned to arme
PAIGC headquarters in Bissau
PAIGC Military commanders on the northern frontline, 1974
PAIGC soldiers loading weapons on a truck, Guinea-Bissau, 1973
Kalashnikovs for Hermangono, 1973
The African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde is a social democratic and democratic socialist political party in Cape Verde. It was the sole legal party in the country from 1981 to 1990. Its me
African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde
…independence in 1975 to 1980. After the 1980 coup d'état in Guinea-Bissau, the Cape Verdean branch of the PAIGC was converted into a separate party, the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde. The party was established in Bissau on 19 September 1956 as the African Party of Independence (Partido Africano da Independência), and was based on…
PAICV headquarters in Praia