ABSTRACT
Cultural resistance starts from the need to assert an identity destroyed through exploitation and economic and political subjugation, with all its objective and subjective aspects. The social marginality of the petty bourgeoisie clearly influenced the ideology of the national liberation movement. Cultural values engendered catalysts of a new consciousness, as the latter was defined in counterpoint to the former. The adhesion of the masses was more a progression of immediate social implications than a worked out theoretical option. Struggle without unnecessary violence against all the negative and humanly degrading aspects that figure in our beliefs and traditions. Amilcar Cabral's ideology had four fundamental aspects, each with practical ramifications. These were the absorption of traditional elements into a cohesive whole; the abolition of colonialism and imperialist domination; the armed struggle and its militant and revolutionary role in social change; and the structural development of the post-independence phase.
