[2] He was also minister of justice, and Second Vice President of Guinea-Bissau from 21 June 1989 to December 1991.
[2] He studied at the Technical University of Lisbon and was imprisoned in 1953 for opposing António de Oliveira Salazar's regime.
He was one of the founders of PAIGC (African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde).
He published a book of poems in 1981, and was the founder and first president of national union of artists and writers of Guinea Bissau.
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