Guinea-Bissau declared independence from Portugal on September 24, 1973. This event, compounded by the drawn-out wars in Portugal’s other overseas provinces, precipitated a crisis that led to a successful coup in Portugal in April 1974. Portugal’s new government soon began negotiating with African nationalist movements, and Guinea-Bissau achieved full independence on September 10, 1974.
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