Subject File. Portugese Guinea Campaign

Reference No:
U DJS/1/85
Dates:
1969-1973
Description:

Contains papers relating to a campaign to raise funds for a liberation movement in Portugese Guinea. Contains references to: nationalist leader of PAIGC Amilcar Cabral, and his murder in 1973; appeal by Saville and Victor Kiernan on behalf of the Liberation of Guine in Dec 1969; memorial meeting for Amilcar Cabral in London; appeal of International Conference in Support of the Peoples of the Portuguese Colonies in Jun 1970; appeal by Victor Kiernan and John Saville to Hull University.

Papers comprise: correspondence; press cuttings; vol.21 no.1 of 'Venture', Dec 1969; circulars; report of Comittee for Freedom in Mozambique Angola and Guine and bulletin of the same; communique from Amilcar Cabral in French dated 9 Jun 1971; poster; newsletter re South Africa, Portugal and Rhodesia. Correspondents include: Anthony Gifford and Polly Gasher for Committee for Freedom in Mozambique, Angola and Guiné; Eric Hobsbawm; Basil Davidson; Victor Kiernan; Amilcar Cabral.

Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
1 file
Language:
Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Records of John Saville (1916-2009)