ABSTRACT
The important thing is to proceed to critical analysis of African cultures in the light of the liberation movement and the demands of progress – in the light of this new stage in the history of Africa. This chapter discusses in detail in Concepts of Cabralism: Amilcar Cabral and Africana Critical Theory, colonialism and other forms of imperialism were the greatest obstacles to social transformation and authentic human liberation in Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau. History and culture play a special part in Cabral’s critical theory of national liberation. He argued that careful and critical analysis of the specificities of African histories, cultures, and ethnicities is equally, if not more important, in national liberation struggles than broad-based theories touting everything from a distinct “black soul” and African personality to a collective African mind and African communalism.
