African Youth Amílcar Cabral () is the youth wing of

PAIGC The African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (, PAIGC) is a political party in Guinea-Bissau. Originally formed to peacefully campaign for independence from Portugal, the party turned to armed conflict in the 1960s and was o ...

Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau, officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, is a country in West Africa that covers with an estimated population of 2,026,778. It borders Senegal to Guinea-Bissau–Senegal border, its north and Guinea to Guinea–Guinea-Bissau b ...

. JAAC was founded on September 12, 1974, in

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. After the separation of PAICV from PAIGC, the

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an 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

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, although it is no longer active in that organization. It used to be a member of the

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, but the membership is currently frozen. JAAC has obtained observer status in the

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References

Youth wings of political parties in Guinea-Bissau 1974 establishments in Guinea-Bissau Youth organizations established in 1974 {{GuineaBissau-stub