Human rights activists to examine Amilcar Cabral's legacy at SOAS lecture

Prominent human rights and health activists Mirelle Fanon Mendès-France and Dr Firoze Manji will discuss the legacy of Amilcar Cabral at the upcoming Claim No Easy Victories’ Centennial Reflections on Amilcar Cabral's Legacy roundtable, hosted by the SOAS Centre for Pan-African Studies. 

Mendès-France, who is the daughter of Frantz Fanon, is a leading thinker on post-colonialism and contributor to the book "Claim No Easy Victories" which examines Cabral’s profound influence on the pan-Africanist movement and the Black liberation movement in the US and the English-speaking world. She will be joined by the co-editor of the book Dr Manji, a Kenyan with more than 40 years’ experience in international development, health and human rights - and who has published widely on these issues. 

The speakers will be in conversation with Dr Aleida Borges, Visiting Lecturer at the African Leadership Centre at King’s College London, who leads the Grassroots Women Leaders research stream at the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership. The book offers a unique collection of essays from radical thinkers from across Africa, the US and beyond to commemorate Cabral’s life and legacy and his relevance to contemporary struggles for self-determination and emancipation. 

Mendès-France and Dr Manjii will be speaking about Cabral’s legacy, a prominent African nationalist and anti-colonial leader and played a key role in the independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde. 

Drawing from the knowledge of the book’s contributors, the panel will bring to the fore key facets of Cabral’s work, some less explored than others, and their relevance to contemporary liberation movements, across and beyond the African continent. 

Claim No Easy Victories’: Centennial Reflections on Amilcar Cabral's Legacy is hosted by the SOAS Centre for Pan-African Studies and will take place on 7 March at 7:00pm. Registration is required. 

Image: Mural on the wall of the Amílcar Cabral Foundation offices in Praia, Cape Verde (Wiki Commons).