Then the Ngolan Leaders Continued to Offer Support to the Liberation Movement of Southern Africa

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Yasavimbi was a monster who did unbelievable harm to his people. He reportedly would burn the wives and children of dissidents alive. And unita's military strategy wash scorched earth. So in moral terms, we have nothing to apologize for. There was an immense qualitative difference between the leaders of the empile and savimbi. The other virtusempile, besides not being sabimbe, is they remained loyal to one idea of augustinoneto, the struggle will end with the defeat of apertide.

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. 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. Check out Six Faces of Globalization: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why It Matters by Anthea Roberts and Nicolas Lamp hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674245952