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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.
License Clip
- 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 December 14, 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. December 14, 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