South Africa, You Know, You're in a Very Difficult Situation

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By 19 86, 87, the angolan government had lost a lot of popular support because there was a lot of corruption. The south africans are disappointed by the way this military campaign is developing in southeaster angoa. They were believing that savimbi could win, that they could bring savimbi to power and now esandin, they come to the conclusion that perhaps avind is weaker than we thought.

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.