{"id":41605,"date":"2019-07-05T11:00:24","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T10:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/july-5-1975-when-cape-verdeans-raised-their-arms-up-and-shouted-for-freedom-and-independence\/"},"modified":"2020-07-03T15:14:30","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T14:14:30","slug":"july-5-1975-when-cape-verdeans-raised-their-arms-up-and-shouted-for-freedom-and-independence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/july-5-1975-when-cape-verdeans-raised-their-arms-up-and-shouted-for-freedom-and-independence\/","title":{"rendered":"July 5, 1975: when Cape Verdeans raised their arms up and shouted for freedom and independence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Throwback to &#8216;Labanta Bra\u00e7o&#8217;, one of the most symbolic songs of Cape Verde&#8217;s independence.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">On July, 5th 1975, this tiny African archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, called Cabo Verde, gained freedom from its Portuguese colonist. In the very next days, young Alcides Spencer Brito was having fun&nbsp;with his brother Nhelas Spencer, trying to invent slogans to compete the ones they would hear all over the streets. They eventually found inspiration to transpose that collective euphoria in words, with the line <em>&#8220;Cry out &#8216;Long live Cabral!&#8217; &#8220;.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Labanta Bra\u00e7o\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-trQt6XEUgE?feature=oembed&#038;autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Amilcar Cabral &#8211; Labanta Bra\u00e7o<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Labanta Bra\u00e7o&#8221; is probably the perfect ode to Cabo Verde&#8217;s independence, written in the creole language of the island of Sal, where Brito lived then. The song pays tribute to then-late Amilcar Cabral (1924-1973), founder of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) and leader of the fight for liberation of the two Portuguese colonies, who was assassinated in 1973 before the birth of the independent nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After having been performed by Brito himself with his band Voz Djassi and recorded by a Cabo Verdean band exiled in the Netherlands &#8211; with no current discographic track &#8211; the song was eventually released in 1976 and immediately made popular by cult band Os Tubar\u00f5es on the album &#8216;P\u00e9p\u00e9 Lopi&#8217;, in the voice of great singer Ildo Lobo. It then spread massively to the Cabo-Verdean diaspora in Africa, Portugal, Netherlands, France, USA, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Crioulo lyrics<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Labanta bra\u00e7o grita b\u00f4 liberdade (x4)<br>Grita povo independenti<br>Grita povo libertadu<br>Cinco di Julho sin\u00f3nimu di liberdadi<br>Cinco di Julho kaminhu abertu pa filicidadi<br>Grita &#8220;Viva Cabral&#8221;<br>Honra kombatenti di n\u00f3s terra<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">English lyrics [loose translation by the author]<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Raise your arms up to shout for freedom (x4)<br>Cry out, independent people<br>Cry out, liberated people<br>The 5th of July, synonym for liberation<br>The 5th of July, open path to happiness<br>Cry out &#8220;Long live Cabral\u201d<br>Honor the fighters of our land <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1367\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Amilcar-Cabral.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Amilcar-Cabral.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Amilcar-Cabral-759x1038.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Amilcar-Cabral-661x904.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Amilcar-Cabral-465x636.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Amilcar-Cabral-375x513.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption>Amilcar Cabral<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Throwback to &#8216;Labanta Bra\u00e7o&#8217;, one of the most symbolic songs of Cape Verde&#8217;s independence. On July, 5th 1975, this tiny African archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, called Cabo Verde, gained freedom from its Portuguese colonist. 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