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Say Brother; Struggle in South Africa; Assassination of Amilcar Cabral

Part of Say Brother.

02/01/1973

In this clip, John Slade interviews Christopher Nteta of the Pan African Liberation Committee about the death of Amilcar Cabral, assassinated leader of the Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC). Overall, the program consists of four segments related to Amilcar Cabral, assassinated leader of the Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC). Program includes two previously aired segments (an excerpt from a British film examining the guerrilla warfare underway in Guinea Bissau that includes an interview with Cabral) and an interview with Gil Fernandes (an aide to Cabral and United Nations representative for the PAIGC), and two new segments: an interview with Christopher Nteta of the Pan African Liberation Committee (who discusses Cabral's death), and footage from the demonstration held at the Portuguese consulate in Boston after Cabral's assassination. Produced by John Slade.


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Series
Say Brother
Program
Struggle in South Africa
Program Number

253

Title

Assassination of Amilcar Cabral

Series Description

Say Brother is WGBH's longest running public affairs television program by, for and about African Americans, and is now known as Basic Black. Since its inception in 1968, Say Brother has featured the voices of both locally and nationally known African American artists, athletes, performers, politicians, professionals, and writers including: Muhammad Ali, Maya Angelou, Thomas Atkins, Amiri Baraka, Doris Bunte, Julian Bond, Stokely Carmichael, Louis Farrakhan, Nikki Giovanni, Odetta Gordon, Henry Hampton, Benjamin Hooks, Jesse Jackson, Hubie Jones, Mel King, Eartha Kitt, Elma Lewis, Haki Madhubuti, Wallace D. Muhammad, Charles Ogletree, Babatunde Olatunji, Byron Rushing, Owusu Sadaukai, and Sonia Sanchez. Series release date: 7/15/1968

Program Description

Program consists of four segments related to Amilcar Cabral, assassinated leader of the Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC). Program includes two previously aired segments (an excerpt from a British film examining the guerilla warfare underway in Guinea Bissau that includes an interview with Cabral) and an interview with Gil Fernandes (an aide to Cabral and United Nations representative for the PAIGC), and two new segments: an interview with Christopher Nteta of the Pan African Liberation Committee (who discusses Cabral’s death), and footage from the demonstration held at the Portuguese consulate in Boston after Cabral’s assassination.

Asset Type

Clip

Media Type

Video

Subjects
Guinea-Bissau--History--Revolution, 1963-1974
Cabral, Amilcar, 1921-1973
Pan-African Liberation Committee
Partido Africano da Independencia da Guine e Cabo Verde
Cabral, Amilcar, 1921-1973--Assassination
Civil rights
Fernandes, Gil
Nteta, Christopher
Genres
Magazine
Topics
Race and Ethnicity
Creators
Slade, John (Producer)
Contributors
Slade, John (Host)
Publication Information
WGBH Educational Foundation
Citation
Chicago: “Say Brother; Struggle in South Africa; Assassination of Amilcar Cabral,” 02/01/1973, GBH Archives, accessed March 28, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_864558EFB67D425381B123C9AD9AF410.
MLA: “Say Brother; Struggle in South Africa; Assassination of Amilcar Cabral.” 02/01/1973. GBH Archives. Web. March 28, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_864558EFB67D425381B123C9AD9AF410>.
APA: Say Brother; Struggle in South Africa; Assassination of Amilcar Cabral. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_864558EFB67D425381B123C9AD9AF410
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