The m p o a coming to power marked ouri, quote, a key turning point for the a. And c why? Why was it such a game changer? Where was the antipartide struggle before 75? And what changed so powerfully afterward? I was very low. The level of the struggle was verylow. A, there was a feeling, basically, the great brutality of the pertide regime work would be done. All of a sudden, the white giant, the south african army, is defeated in angala. That feeling of superiority that the white have enjoyed for a century is dissipating and we've suffered a heavy blow.
Part one of Dan's two-part interview with Piero Gleijeses on his book Visions of Freedom: Havana, Washington, Pretoria, and the Struggle for Southern Africa, 1976–1991. This is the story of Cuba's military defense of the Angolan government against a US and South Africa-backed effort to overthrow the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA). The future of the entire region was on the line, including the fate of apartheid in South Africa and of Namibia, then a South African colony.
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