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Onésimo Silveira (born 1935, Mindelo〔(A democracia em Cabo Verde / Onésimo Silveira. - SearchWorks )〕〔) is a Cape Verdean politician and writer. ==Biography== As a young poet, Silveira was one of the most prominent critiques of the literary elite in Cape Verde. Silveira was associated with the views of the ''Claridade'' group, and argued in favour of an African cultural identity of the islands.〔Hamilton, Russell G. ''(Voices from an Empire: A History of Afro-Portuguese Literature )''. Minnesota monographs in the humanities, v. 8. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1975. pp. 269, 273〕 Silveira was a student in Uppsala, Sweden during the 1960s, after having spent a period in China. In Uppsala he had close links with the South Africa Committee of the city, which was crucial for the initiation of solidarity work for the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) in Sweden.〔〔 He became the representative of PAIGC in Sweden.〔Hamilton, Russell G. ''(Voices from an Empire: A History of Afro-Portuguese Literature )''. Minnesota monographs in the humanities, v. 8. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1975. p. 272〕〔Sellström, Tor. ''(Sweden and National Liberation in Southern Africa )''. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 1999. p. 51〕 Silveira made several visits to Norway, where he established good relations with the Norwegian Council for Africa and the Norwegian Labour Party, and played a role in the securing official Norwegian support to PAIGC in 1972.〔Eriksen, Tore Linné. ''(Norway and National Liberation in Southern Africa )''. Uppsala, Sweden: Nordic Institute of African Studies, 1999. pp. 73-74〕 He also represented PAIGC during visits to Finland.〔Soiri, Iina, and Pekka Peltola. ''(Finland and National Liberation in Southern Africa )''. Uppsala: Nordiska afrikainstitutet, 1999. p. 47〕 Silveira was dismissed from his position as PAIGC representative in Sweden in November 1972. According to the PAIGC, his dismissal was a disciplinary action due to Silveira's failure to attend a meeting in Guinea-Conakry. However, the organization expressed its gratitude towards Silveira for his work in establishing links between Sweden and PAIGC.〔Sellström, Tor. ''(Sweden and National Liberation in Southern Africa )''. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 1999. p. 63〕 Silveira later worked for the United Nations, representing the U.N. in countries like Somalia, Angola and Mozambique.〔(Onésimo Silveira - WOOK )〕〔 With the opening of multi-party politics in Cape Verde after 1990, Silveira was hostile to PAICV (PAICV). In November 1998, he formed his own political party, the Labour and Solidarity Party (PTS). He became mayor of the town of Mindelo.〔〔''(Öar förlorade i havet )''〕 In 2006 he was elected member of parliament as a PAICV candidate.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Onésimo Silveira」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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