Catalogue Number
NMLH.1994.168.613
Object Name
Poster
Title
OSPAAL solidarity with the people of Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde poster
People
 AmÃlcar Cabral
Events
Guinea-Bissau War of Independence
Date
1968
Description
Medium sized orange poster. Has a white "OSPAAL" logot a the top, with black text In different languages. Says "Jornada de solidaridad con el pueblo de la Guinea-Bissau y Cabo Verde / 3 de agosto." "Journee de solidarite avec le peuple de la Guinee-Bissau et le Cap Vert / le 3 aout." This translates to "Day of solidarity with the people of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde/August 3." There is also a translation in Arabic. The poster shows a woman in the centre of the poster holding a rifle, there are red illustrations in the background. This poster was created by artist Berta Abelenda Fernandez in 1968 for OSPAAAL. OSPAAAL is the Organization of Solidarity with the People of Asia, Africa and Latin America. Abbreviated as OSPAAAL, it 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.
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.
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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