Cubans in Angola : South-South cooperation and transfer of knowledge, 1976-1991 /
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| Author / Creator: | Hatzky, Christine, author. |
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| Uniform title: | Kubaner in Angola. English |
| Imprint: | Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2015] ©2015 |
| Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Africa and the diaspora: history, politics, culture Africa and the diaspora. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10130751 |
| Summary: | Angola, a former Portuguese colony in southern central Africa, gained independence in 1975 and almost immediately plunged into more than two decades of conflict and crisis. Fidel Castro sent Cuban military troops to Angola in support of the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA), leading to its ascension to power despite facing threats both international and domestic. What is less known, and what Cubans in Angola brings to light, is the significant role Cubans played in the transformation of civil society in Angola during these years. Offering not just military support but also political, medical, administrative, and technical expertise as well as educational assistance, the Cuban presence in Angola is a unique example of transatlantic cooperation between two formerly colonized nations in the global South.<br> |
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| Item Description: | Originally published as Kubaner in Angola: Sud-Sud-Kooperation und Bildungstransfer, 1976-1991, ©2012 by Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag GmbH, Munich. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-377) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780299301033 0299301036 9780299301040 0299301044 |