This is a review of Amilcar Cabral’s Unity and Struggle: Speeches and Writings (Monthly Review Press, 1976)Amilcar Cabral (1924-1973) was the leader of national liberation struggle in ‘Portuguese’ Guinea (Guinea—Bissau) assassinated by agents of Portuguese imperialism on the eve of the Carnation Revolution and independence of the colonies. He is considered an important anticolonial thinker, one of the few African political leaders who combined practical action with theoretical inquiry. Not ambitious as a theorist, Cabral did advance theory although he could not systematically develop it under the circumstances of guerrilla war. His theories are explained in articles, addresses and speeches that touch upon socio-economic and political issues important for a country seeking political independence.According to Cabral, the yoke of colonialism can be thrown away only by a concentrated effort combining the armed, political, and ideological struggles. Radical nationalism shall not lead to isolationism, seclusion, negligence of international experience. Cabral believed that national liberation struggle should take account of all achievements of progressive revolutionary thought and practice and creatively apply them in given historical conditions. Therefore, Cabral-led African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde made great strides in the social transformations in the liberated areas, won over the population, gained international support for its cause, and was ultimately victorious.This book is a follow-up to Revolution in Guinea: Selected Texts and Return to the Source: Selected Speeches of Amilcar Cabral published by Monthly Review Press in 1969 and 1973 correspondingly. The texts collected in this edition amount to some two-thirds of the French edition put out by François Maspero in 1975. ‘Unity and Struggle’, ‘Struggle of the People, by the People, for the People’ and ‘National Liberation and Culture’ are probably the most interesting pieces.