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Upon Guinea-Bissau’s independence on September 24, 1973, Amílcar Cabral, the leader of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), was poised to become the country’s first president. However, just months before independence, Cabral was assassinated. Therefore, Luís Cabral, Amílcar’s half-brother, assumed the presidency. Born on April 12, 1931, in...