Description |
xvi, 271 p. : maps ; 22 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-263) and index. |
Contents |
Part 1. Meeting Maria -- In the shadow of DISA -- The saboteurs, the parasites, the opportunists -- When normal things don't go normally -- Fascism was finished, socialism had begun -- Just like the movies -- The brother -- Sounds of microfiche -- Never meet your heroes -- Sent to Cuba -- Closing in on the kill -- Part 2. So many dragonflies -- Saved by a poet -- To Sambizanga -- The little red book -- Kilometre fourteen -- Cold War paradox -- Appearances -- A death camp -- Metamorphoses of the enemy -- On the beach -- How our heads are formed -- Part 3. Loose ends -- A Cuba connection. |
Summary |
Investigates the story of the small demonstration on May 27, 1977, that led to the massacre of thousands by the ruling MPLA party, in fear of a coup d'état. Based on interviews with witnesses, this book challenges assumptions about the MPLA, former President Agostinho Neto, political opposition in Angola, and Cuban involvement in the country. |
Subject |
Massacres -- Angola -- History -- 20th century.
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Angola -- History -- Attempted coup, 1977.
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Angola -- Politics and government -- 1975-
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Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola. (DE-588)1046987-4
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Bürgerkrieg in Angola. (DE-588)4308667-6
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Attempted coup (Angola : 1977) (OCoLC)fst01907419
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Massacres. (OCoLC)fst01011476
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Politics and government (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Angola. (OCoLC)fst01208401
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Chronological Term |
Since 1900
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Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Note |
Angola's forgotten massacre |
ISBN |
9781780769059 |
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1780769059 |
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9780857734709 |
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0857734709 |
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