Born in Bafata, Amilcar Cabral is an agricultural engineer trained in Lisbon who maintains good relationships with Angolan MPLA independence fighters (People’s Liberation Movement of Angola), Morocco, China and Senegal among others. In 1956, he founded in Bissau the PAIGC (The African Party of independence for Guinea and Cape Verde) and carries out an international campaign for the liberation of the Portuguese colonies. In 1963, the armed struggle started. In 1968, the PAIGC controlled two-thirds of Guinea-Bissau, thanks to his action, he enters history through the great door, like a worthy son of Africa and one of its greatest revolutionaries. On 20 January 1973, a few months of the proclamation of independence, Amilcar Cabral was assassinated in Conakry by the Portuguese police.