Cape Verde. Saõ Vincente. Mindelo. City centre. A high school student walks up the hill while two men walk on a cobblestone road. On a house’s wall, a mural painting with a portrait of Amílcar Lopes Cabral (12 September 1924 – 20 January 1973) who was a Bissau-Guinean and Cape Verdean agricultural engineer, political organizer, and diplomat. He was one of Africa's foremost anti-colonial leaders. He was also a pan-Africanist and intellectual nationalist revolutionary poet. Also known by the nom de guerre Abel Djassi, he led the nationalist movement of Guinea-Bissau and the Cape Verde Islands and the ensuing war of independence in Guinea-Bissau. Cabral was shot dead on 20 January 1973, about eight months before Guinea-Bissau's unilateral declaration of independence. He was deeply influenced by Marxism, becoming an inspiration to revolutionary socialists and national independence movements worldwide. On the wall a text written by Amílcar Lopes Cabral: « Learn in life, learn from our people, learn from books and from the experiences of others. Always learn. ». São Vicente (Portuguese for "Saint Vincent") is one of the Barlavento Islands of Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, which is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa. 6.03.2025 © 2025 Didier Ruef