{"product_id":"no-fist-is-big-enough-to-hide-the-sky-the-liberation-of-guinea-bissau-and-cape-verde-1963-74-9781783605644","title":"No Fist Is Big Enough to Hide the Sky: The Liberation of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, 1963-74","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo Fist Is Big Enough to Hide the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e stands as a key text in the history of the eleven-year struggle against Portuguese rule in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde. Though perhaps less well known than the struggles in Angola and Mozambique, the liberation war waged by the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) easily ranks alongside those conflicts as an example of an African independence movement triumphing against overwhelming odds. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBasil Davidson, a leading authority on Portuguese Africa who witnessed many of these events first hand, draws on his own extensive experience in the country as well as the PAIGC archives to provide a detailed and rigorous analysis of the conflict. The book also provides one of the earliest accounts of the assassination of the PAIGC's founder, Amilcar Cabral, and documents the movement's remarkable success in recovering from the death of its leader and in eventually attaining independence. Featuring a preface by Cape Verde's first president, Aristides Pereira, and a foreword by Cabral himself, \u003ci\u003eNo Fist is Big Enough to Hide the Sky \u003c\/i\u003eremains an invaluable resource for the study both of the region and of African liberation struggles as a whole.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBasil Davidson ranks as one of the most remarkable Africanist historians of his generation. Born in Bristol in 1914, he worked as a journalist for the \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e and other publications, as well as serving in the Second World War as an intelligence officer in Nazi-occupied Europe. After the war, he went on to become a leading authority on Portuguese Africa, and was one of the first scholars to emphasize the pre-colonial achievements of African civilizations, as well the damaging effects wreaked on the continent by colonialism. He was also a passionate advocate for contemporary anti-colonial struggles, and witnessed many of these struggles first hand. Among his many notable books are \u003ci\u003eThe African Genius \u003c\/i\u003e(1969) and \u003ci\u003eThe Black Man's Burden: Africa and the Curse of the Nation-State \u003c\/i\u003e(1992). He died in 2010. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eZachariah Mampilly is the director of Africana Studies and an associate professor of political science and international studies at Vassar College. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eRebel Rulers: Insurgent Governance and Civilian Life during War\u003c\/i\u003e (2011) and (with Adam Branch) \u003ci\u003eAfrica Uprising: Popular Protest and Political Change\u003c\/i\u003e (Zed 2015).\u003cbr\u003eBasil Davidson ranks as one of the most remarkable Africanist historians of his generation. Born in Bristol in 1914, he worked as a journalist for the \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e and other publications, as well as serving in the Second World War as an intelligence officer in Nazi-occupied Europe. After the war, he went on to become a leading authority on Portuguese Africa, and was one of the first scholars to emphasize the pre-colonial achievements of African civilizations, as well the damaging effects wreaked on the continent by colonialism. He was also a passionate advocate for contemporary anti-colonial struggles, and witnessed many of these struggles first hand. Among his many notable books are \u003ci\u003eThe African Genius \u003c\/i\u003e(1969) and \u003ci\u003eThe Black Man's Burden: Africa and the Curse of the Nation-State \u003c\/i\u003e(1992). He died in 2010. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eZachariah Mampilly is the director of Africana Studies and an associate professor of political science and international studies at Vassar College. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eRebel Rulers: Insurgent Governance and Civilian Life during War\u003c\/i\u003e (2011) and (with Adam Branch) \u003ci\u003eAfrica Uprising: Popular Protest and Political Change\u003c\/i\u003e (Zed 2015).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Zed Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50433193705746,"sku":"9781783605644","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_76f05691-0de0-4acd-87f1-d0b7e888fc1b.jpg?v=1729561573","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/no-fist-is-big-enough-to-hide-the-sky-the-liberation-of-guinea-bissau-and-cape-verde-1963-74-9781783605644","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}