A small house and adjacent monument near the centre of town marking the birthplace of Amílcar Cabral, the agronomist, theoretician, and revolutionary who led the independence movement that drove the Portuguese out of Guinea-Bissau in 1974. Cabral is the country's central national hero — his face is on the currency, the international airport in Bissau bears his name, and the day of his assassination is a public holiday.
The site is modest: a plaque on the house, a bust on a low plinth in a small fenced enclosure, and a brief informational panel in Portuguese. It is a five-minute stop on a walk through the town centre, more important for what it represents than what there is to see.