All this leaves its mark on a 20-year-old woman. When peopl… - Lilica Boal

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All this leaves its mark on a 20-year-old woman. When people started talking about our liberation, I saw reasons to join the fight.

Lilica Boal

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Maria da Luz Freire de Andrade (born 1934), better known as Lilica Boal, is a historian, philosopher, educator, and anti-fascist activist in Cape Verde. She fought for the independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, and against the Portuguese Estado Novo dictatorship.

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Alternative Names: Maria da Luz Freire de Andrade

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We had just set up home. We ended up closing the door, taking only the clothes that were necessary.

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When I came to study in Portugal, Guilherme’s family welcomed me, and took me to visit the families of the other political prisoners in Tarrafal.

All this leaves its mark on a 20-year-old woman. When people started talking about our liberation, I saw reasons to join the fight. - Lilica Boal

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