PAIGC Militants, Portuguese Exiles and Anti-colonial Activism in Paris
摘要
The actions of the national liberation movements of Portuguese colonies in Africa transcended the geographical spaces in which their military struggles took place. This chapter adopts an analytical approach to the study of this phenomenon: it reveals how certain specific historical dynamics and political interactions among anti-colonial activists in Europe were inspired and fuelled by their engagements with African liberation movements and the demands they received from them. In particular, the chapter will demonstrate how the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cabo Verde’s (PAIGC–Partido Africano para a Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde) struggle impacted anti-colonial activism in Paris during the liberation period, specifically from 1960 to 1973. Drawing on primary archival sources, memoirs, periodicals from that time and other printed documents issued by the liberation movement and anti-colonial activist networks in France (composed of PAIGC sympathisers, anti-imperialist militants, Portuguese exiles and other supporters), this study examines a range of interactions, influences and critical statements produced by campaigners from different political currents during that period, namely those championing anti-colonialism, anti-imperialism and anti-dictatorship activism.