Abílio Augusto Monteiro Duarte (16 February 1931 – 20 August 1996) was a
Cape Verde
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an nationalist and early political leader in the independence era.
Biography
He was born in
Praia
Praia (, Portuguese language, Portuguese for "beach") is the capital and largest city of Cape Verde. , at the time colonial capital of Cape Verde.
He was educated at
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He took part in resistance of colonial rule starting in 1953 and wrote articles related to nationalism including the review ''
Claridade
''Claridade'' (Portuguese for "light") was a literary review inaugurated in 1936 in the city of Mindelo on the island of São Vicente, Cape Verde. It was part of a movement of cultural, social, and political emancipations of the Cape Verdean soc ...
''. In February 1956, along with other writers from Angola and Mozambique, he took part in the First Congress of Black Writers in Paris. In, 1957, he went to
Dakar
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, Senegal with the militants helping their independence movement in Senegal, later he visited Bissau together with other nationalists. He worked with and was later married to
Dulce Almada.
After Cape Verde became independent, Duarte was the President
Abílio Duarte page in former Presidents in Cape Verde’s Parliament site.
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from 1975 to 1991, and he was the first foreign minister
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of newly independent Cape Verde from 1975 to 1981, he was succeeded by Silvino Manuel da Luz. He was also President of the People's National Assembly from 1975 to 1991, he was succeeded by Amilcar Spencer Lopes.
He died in August 1996.
Legacy
One of the streets named in Cape Verde is the one in the south of Mindelo.
A secondary school is named after him in Palmarejo in the southwest of Praia
Praia (, Portuguese language, Portuguese for "beach") is the capital and largest city of Cape Verde. located on Avenida Santo Antão, opened in the mid-1990s. Adjacent is the main campus of the University of Cape Verde
The University of Cape Verde ( pt, Universidade de Cabo Verde, abbreviated "Uni-CVV") is the only public university of Cape Verde. The main campus is in Palmarejo, Praia, but there are also institutes in Mindelo, Assomada and São Jorge dos Órg ...
References
Further reading
* Richard Andrew Lobban et Paul Khalil Saucier, ''Historical dictionary of the Republic of Cape Verde'', Lanham, Md, Scarecrow Press, coll. ''Historical Dictionaries of Africa'', 2007, 4th ed., 306 pages. , « Abílio Augusto Monteiro Duarte », p. 87-88
External links
Abílio Augusto Monteiro Duarte at the National Assembly of Cape Verde website
1931 births
1996 deaths
Cape Verdean diplomats
Foreign ministers of Cape Verde
Presidents of the National Assembly (Cape Verde)
African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde politicians
People from Praia
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