A Few Words About Guinea-Bissau ...

"Guinea-Bissau is a microcosm of a continent where events have conspired against progress, where the future remains a hostage of the past..."

David Lamb, as quoted in his book The Africans, New York, 1985.

"Always bear in mind that the people are not fighting for ideas. They are fighting to win material benefits, to live better and in peace, to see their lives go forward."

Amílar Cabral, revolutionary-philosopher from Portuguese Guinea (now Guinea-Bissau), from his work Revolution in Guinea, published by Monthly Review Press, 1970.