The II Pan-Africanism Seminar – Yesterday and Today is entirely dedicated to one of the most prominent Marxist Pan-Africanist thinkers and politicians of the 20th century: Amílcar Cabral, the founder and leader of the PAIGC – African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde, whose birth centenary is celebrated this year.
This seminar, organized by the Department of Communication Sciences of the Autonomous University of Lisbon, will welcome several guests to speak on the topic. Among them are researchers Julião Soares Sousa, Hilarino Luz, Teresa Martinho together with Daniel Pina, first secretary of the PAIGC in Portugal, Yussef, a Guinean activist and doctoral students Jorge Fonseca de Almeida.
We expect a series of interventions of great academic relevance and a lively and participatory debate. We invite students from all levels of education to participate, especially those who feel the weight of racism, xenophobia or other forms of discrimination.
Pan-Africanism maintains great appeal in Portugal, where it has a historical heritage dating back to the early 20th century and a role in the current theoretical approach and fight against racism and all types of discrimination and segregation.
11am: First Panel
Moderator: Jorge Fonseca
Speakers:
Julian Sousa
Hilarino Luz
Daniel Pina
Second Panel (3pm)
Moderator: Bruno Reis
Speakers:
Teresa Martinho
Jorge Fonseca
Yussef
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Julian Sousa
PhD in Contemporary History from the Faculty of Arts of the University of Coimbra.
Author of a vast work, namely the book “Amílcar Cabral (1924-1973). Life and death of an African revolutionary”.
Hilarino Luz
PhD in Portuguese Studies from the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
Researcher at CHAM-NOVA-FCSH – Center for Humanities.
Daniel Pina
First Secretary of the PAICV Sector in Portugal.
Teresa Martinho
PhD in Sociology from ISCTE-IUL
In addition to the cultural sector, her areas of interest include biographical research related to postcolonial studies and the contribution of women to social theory and culture. She has developed research on Amílcar Cabral and the media, and is the author of “Amílcar Cabral, the PAIGC and the media: The struggle in words, sounds and images” (2017, Palgrave Macmillan).
Jorge Fonseca
PhD student in Media and Society in the Context of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries at the Autonomous University of Lisbon
Master in Business Administration (MBA) from Nova University and Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Author of several books and book chapters and articles, namely “Social Capital”.
Yussef
Guinean Cabralist activist and politician.
speakers
Jorge Fonseca
PhD student in Media and Society in the Context of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries at the Autonomous University of Lisbon
Master in Business Administration (MBA) from Nova University and Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Author of several books and book chapters and articles, namely “Social Capital”.
Bruno Reis
