Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa |
Conseil pour le développement de la recherche en sciences sociales en Afrique |
Conselho para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Ciências Sociais em África |
مجلس تنمية البحوث الإجتماعية في أفريقيا |
AMILCAR CABRAL - LIFETIME DISTINCTIONS :
Member of the Presidency of the World Peace Council
January 1972 : Awarded the Gamal Abdel Nasser Medal at the 5th conference of the Organization of Solidarity of the African and Asian Peoples.
October 1972 : Awarded Frederico Joliot-Curie Medal by the World Peace Council.
October 1972 : Awarded Honorary Doctorate of Law degree by Lincoln University, in Pennsylvania, USA.
December 1972 : Awarded Honorary Doctorate of Political and Social Sciences by the African Institute of the Academy of Science of the USSR
AMILCAR CABRAL - POSTHUMOUS DISTINCTIONS :
January 1973 : Gold Medal of Fidelity to the People by the president Ahmed Sekou Toure in the name of the Central Committee of the Democratic Party of Guine Conakry
April 1973 : Medal of the Anti-Imperialist Unity by the Democratic World Youth Federation.
May 1973 : The World Peace Council creates the Amilcar Cabral Award to recognize organizations and groups for exemplary contribution in the struggle against the colonialism and imperialism.
May 1973 : One the principal Squares in Argel, Tunisia is named Amilcar Cabral Square. In the Republic of Congo of the principal avenues is renamed Amilcar Cabral Avenue.
May 1973 : In Pavia, Italy, the Amilcar Cabral Elementary School is named in his honour
May 1973 : The Indian government creates the Amilcar Cabral Scholarship to be awarded annually to an African student, preferably a militant of a movement for African liberation or the fight against racism.
May 1973 : In Rome, Italy, the the Liberation and Development committee created the Amilcar Cabral Center of Documentation. In Sweden Centrum Amilcar Cabral, and in Washington, US, the Amilcar Cabral Institute
(Source : http://kriolu.org/history)