Africa’s Cold War
The LRB Podcast
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The Complex Diplomatic Situation of Anti-Colonial Struggles
Nelson Mandela said that the defeat of South Africa in Angola by the MPLA with Cuban help showed that the apartheid regime could be defeated. I wanted to also respond to a bit about a Jamie's point about all these foreign influence, says Kevin O'Neill. In Angola, you have the conflict between Cuba and the Soviet Union over military strategy. Then, on the other side, you have Sevinbi, who's backed by the US, but who's also supported by China at that point in time. These kind of contradictions put a lot of pressure on these leaders to make decisions that were in their best interest.
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