Catalogue Number
NMLH.1994.168.226
Object Name
Poster
Title
OSPAAAL world day of solidarity with Guinea and Cape Verde poster
Place
Guinea
Date
1973
Description
Long rectangular poster, wih black and white colours and a yellow rectangular square, Shows printed images of soldiers and shapes in the background - says "£ de Agosto Jornada Mundial de solidaridad con Guinea (B) y Cabo Verde", which translates to "August 3, World day of solidarity with Guinea (B) and Cape Verde." This poster is referring to the occupation of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde - Cape VerdeâGuinea Bissau relations refers to the bilateral relationship between the Republic of Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau. Cape Verde is an island country about 900 km north-west of Guinea-Bissau, a coastal West African country. Both were colonies of the Portuguese Empire and they campaigned together for independence with a plan for unification, but the countries separated after 1980. Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau campaigned together for independence from Portugal, chiefly led by AmÃlcar Cabral's Marxist African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde
(PAIGC) from 1956. The Guinea-Bissau war of independence was fought from 1963 to 1974. This poster is in good condition. This poster was issued by OSPAAAL - OSPAAAL is the Organization of Solidarity with the People of Asia, Africa and Latin America. abbreviated as OSPAAAL, was a Cuban political movement with the stated purpose of fighting globalisation, imperialism, neoliberalism and defending human rights. The OSPAAAL was founded in Havana in January 1966, after the Tricontinental Conference, a meeting of over 500 delegates and 200 observers from over 82 countries.
Acting as the "key bridge" to unite liberation struggles and movements in the three continents, OSPAAAL's main objective is the promotion of anti-imperialism and socialism.[1] The Organization of American States (OAS) called OSPAAAL "the most dangerous threat that international communism has yet made against the inter-American system".
OSPAAAL's motto was "This great humanity has said: enough! And has started to move forward".
Until 2019, it published the magazine Tricontinental as their main transnational communication tool. After the closing of OSPAAAL by the Cuban Government,the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research seeks to continue the heritage of the Tricontinental conference and the organization. They "stand, in the words of Franz Fanon, with the wretched of the earth to create a world of human beings."
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