The South Africans Are Strong Enough to Liberate Northern Amebia

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The situation is ecliptic. The cubans have gained the upper and in southerno at the same time, the south africans are facing a growing threat of international sactions. And third, there is the struggle of the people in southern africa to repress the population. These are the three elements that bring about the surrender of the South African government.

The second 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. Learn Southern African geography by studying these maps: thedigradio.com/visions-of-freedom-maps Support The Dig with money at Patreon.com/TheDig and receive our weekly newsletter.