African Youth Amílcar Cabral ( pt, Juventude Africana Amílcar Cabral) is the youth wing of
PAIGC
The African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde ( pt, Partido Africano para a Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde, PAIGC) is a political party in Guinea-Bissau. Originally formed to peacefully campaign for independence from ...
in
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ), ...
. JAAC was founded on September 12, 1974, in
Boé
Boé (; oc, Boèr) is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in southwestern France. It stands on the ''voie verte'' cycle path along the Canal de Garonne.
Geography
The Séoune forms part of the commune's eastern border, then flows int ...
.
After the separation of
PAICV from PAIGC, the
Cape Verdean section of JAAC became a separate organization, also called JAAC. Today that organization has been renamed
Youth of PAICV (''Juventude do PAICV'').
JAAC is a member of
World Federation of Democratic Youth
The World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) is an international youth organization, and has historically characterized itself as left-wing and anti-imperialist. WFDY was founded in London in 1945 as a broad international youth movement, ...
, although it is no longer active in that organization. It used to be a member of the
International Union of Students
The International Union of Students (IUS) was a worldwide nonpartisan association of university student organizations.
The IUS was the umbrella organization for 155 such students' organizations across 112 countries and territories representing a ...
, but the membership is currently frozen. JAAC has obtained observer status in the
International Union of Socialist Youth.
Youth wings of political parties in Guinea-Bissau
1974 establishments in Guinea-Bissau
Youth organizations established in 1974
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