Cape Verde independence for the archipelago in 1975. Following the April 1974 revolution in Portugal, the PAIGC became an active political movement in Cape Verde. In December 1974, the PAIGC and Portugal signed an agreement providing for a transitional government composed of Portuguese and Cape Verdeans. On 30 June 1975, Cape Verdeans elected a National Assembly which received the instruments of independence from Portugal on 5 July 1975. In the late 1970s and 1980s, most African countries prohibited South African Airways from overflights but Cape Verde allowed them and became a centre of activity for the airline's flights to Europe and the
Literature of Cape Verde publish after independence. Mariano also wrote books that were about some earlier great Cape Verdean writers. Germano Almeida wrote "O dia das calças roladas" in 1982, "The Last Will and Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo" in 1989 which mixes humor with cruel realism, sometimes pathetic, in a modern writing favoring the free indirect style. It was later made into a movie in 1997. He later wrote on the History of Cape Verde titled "" in 2003. His recent works are main set in around Mindelo including "De Monte Cara vê-se o mundo" in 2014, not long after the bay