The South African Gerilla Struggle in Angola

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Fidel would have liked to keep a large contingent of troops in angal. The idea was, at some moment, this can help for the struggle against upperside. And he, sabit supplied a lot of pressure on the cubans to start withdrawing. But then what happens is that south africa becomes increasingly aggressive. It's with empile victory in angol that twap of the gerilla movement of namibia received the health that was necessary. Thats when the gerilla struggle in namibia really begins.

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