Invitation from the Institute for Portuguese and Lusophone World Studies at Rhode Island College:
Book Launch and Roundtable Discussion
September 12, 2019
Gaige Hall 200, from 6:00 pm to 8:00pm
Rhode Island College
A Nationalist and Pan-Africanist Revolutionary
PETER KARIBE MENDY
Amílcar Cabral’s charismatic and visionary leadership, his pan-Africanist solidarity and internationalist commitment to “every just cause in the world,” remain relevant to contemporary struggles for emancipation and self-determination. This concise biography is an ideal introduction to his life and legacy.
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
Fernando Delfim da Silva, Guinea-Bissau Representative to the United Nations
Herminio Moniz, Consul General of Cabo Verde
Domingos Simões Pereira, President, P.A.I.G.C.
Peter Karibe Mendy, Professor of History and Africana Studies, Rhode Island College
Sílvia Oliveira, Associate Professor and IPLWS Director, Rhode Island College
Dr. Peter Karibe Mendy is professor of History and Africana Studies at Rhode Island College . His numerous publications include Colonialismo Português em África: A Tradição da Resistência na Guiné-Bissau, 1879–1959 and (with coauthor Richard A. Lobban) the Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Volume 4.
Books will be available for purchase
Light refreshments to follow
Parking is available in Open Parking Lots: K (closest to Gaige Hall), C, A
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC