EDITORIAL

Authors

  • FRANCISCO LEANDRO https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1443-5828
  • ANABELA SANTIAGO https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3897-0323
  • JOÃO VELOSO https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5070-8838

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26619/1647-7251.DT0726ED

Abstract

Why a special edition on Amilcar Cabral?
The year 2025 marked five decades since the formal independence of the Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa. While each liberation movement reflected the unique historical, political, and cultural context of its nation, they shared common ideological foundations, aspirations, and strategic approaches. Central to this shared trajectory was Amílcar Cabral (1924–1973) - a visionary leader whose rare ability to combine theory and practice, and to integrate insights from engineering, politics, economics, diplomacy, and literature, played a pivotal role in uniting liberation movements and articulating a vision for a more equitable international order. His commitment to self-determination, cultural emancipation, social justice, and people-centred development not only shaped the struggles for independence in Guinea-Bissau and Cabo Verde but also influenced broader anti-colonial movements across Africa and the Global South.

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Author Biographies

FRANCISCO LEANDRO, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1443-5828

He earned a PhD in Political Science and International Relations from the Portuguese Catholic University in 2010. He is currently Associate Professor with Habilitation in International Relations (2022) at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Macau (China), where he also serves as Deputy Director of the Institute for Global and Public Affairs. His research focuses on international relations, geopolitics, global governance, China–Global South relations, and Lusophone studies. Among his recent publications are Is China a Global Power? (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025) and The Palgrave Handbook on the Geopolitics of Brazil and the South Atlantic (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025). Francisco Leandro is affiliated with the IPRI-NOVA and OBSERVARE, the research Centre for International Relations at the Autonomous University of Lisbon, Portugal. His academic work is characterized by an interdisciplinary and policy-oriented approach, with particular emphasis on the evolving dynamics between China, the Global South, and the Portuguese-speaking world. In 2026, he was awarded the prestigious Senior Fellowship of Advance HE (PR330507) in recognition of his sustained leadership, strategic influence, and demonstrated impact on teaching, learning, and higher education development.

ANABELA SANTIAGO, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3897-0323

She has a PhD in Public Policies from University of Aveiro (Portugal). She is currently invited assistant lecturer at ISCTE in Transversal Skills Lab. Researcher at Centre for International Studies (CEI/ Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa). External researcher at GOVCOPP research unit (Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies) of the Department of Social Sciences, Politics and Territory of the University of Aveiro. Speaker in national and international conferences and congresses with communications linked to Public Administration, Public Health Policies and to the topic of collaborative governance, and scientific diplomacy. Member of COST Action SiDnet - Science in Diplomacy Network working groups, developing a new line of research linked to the EU's activities in terms of scientific diplomacy with partners in the Global South (Africa, Asia, and Latin America).

JOÃO VELOSO, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5070-8838

He is Full Professor of Linguistics at the University of Porto (Portugal). From 2023 to 2026, he served as Head of the Department of Portuguese at the University of Macau, China. He is a permanent researcher at the Centre of Linguistics of the University of Porto and is also affiliated with the Centre for Linguistics and the Institute of Advanced Studies at the University of Macau. His research primarily focuses on Portuguese phonology, with particular emphasis on the organization of the language’s segmental and prosodic systems, including phonological primitives, the interaction between elements and segments, syllable weight, and word-stress assignment. His broader research interests encompass language typology, the history of linguistics, phonology-phonetics and phonology-morphology interfaces, linguistic variation, language acquisition and processing, and language policy. Professor Veloso is the author or co-author of more than one hundred scholarly publications, including books, book chapters, journal articles, and conference proceedings. He has served as principal investigator or co-investigator in numerous national and international research projects in linguistics and higher education teaching innovation. Between 2009 and 2022, he coordinated the Centre of Linguistics of the University of Porto. From 2018 to 2022, he also served as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Pro-Rector) of the University of Porto, contributing to the institution’s strategic development in both academic and research domains.

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Published

2026-10-19

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 1, TD4 (2026): From Colonial Rule to Nationhood: Amílcar Cabral and the Birth of Lusophone Africa

Section

EDITORIAL