Cuban Intervention in Africa

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Cuba's internationalist involvement in africa began in 61 with cuba aiding algerian rebels, and then continued in zair, congo, brazeville, guine, basau. It also helped defend ethiopia against a samali invasion. Prior to angola the scale of cuban intervention in africa was very small.

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.